Question Summary:
What is the significance of the three days and forty days after a
funeral?

Question Detail:

What is the significance of the three days and forty days after a funeral?

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykumwa-rahmatullāhiwa-barakātuh.
The gatherings of three days and forty days after a funeral has no bases in Islam. One should abstain from such customary practices, as such practices are bid’ah and sinful. (1)
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Zakir Husain
Student DarulIftaa
Michigan, U.S.A
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
_______________________________________
(1)Fatawa Rasheediya, Darul Esha’at p. 167.
(2)Fatawa Mahmudiyah, Faruqiyyah vol.3 p.89.