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Can a Muslim say "rest in peace" to a non-Muslim who has died?

Published as Muslim saying "rest in peace" to a non-Muslim who has died

· 19 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1443 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Can a Muslim say "rest in peace" to a non-Muslim who has died?

Answer

This is totally incorrect. When the whole deen is saying that the person who died in kufr is going straight to Jahannum then what is he saying? Does he want to change the whole constitution of Allah Ta'ala? Whoever has made this statement should make sincere taubah and recite the kalimah in abundance.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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