<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) It is prohibited to wail over a dead person, for this is an act of disbelief and a practice of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance.<br> 2) A person who does an act of disbelief is not necessarily a disbeliever.<br> <br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> We conclude from the above Hadiths:<br> There is nothing wrong with natural weeping. But wailing, slapping cheeks, tearing clothes, and plucking, shaving, or disheveling hair at the time of afflictions are all prohibited and forbidden. The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) disavowed these acts, on account of which the dead person suffers torment, unless he forbids them during his lifetime and instructs his family not to engage in them.