Ref: mis013/07
August 2007
Q: What is the significance of having a religious function at 40 days after the death of a person and also after the birth of a child?
A:
There is no Sharee significance of such practices.
Mufti Shafiq Jakhura
Iftaa Department, Darul Ihsan Islamic Services Centre
I concur with the answer:
Mufti Zubair Bayat
Ameer, Darul Ihsan Islamic Services Centre