What is the meaning of the deceased being punished by the wailing of their family?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Funerals
Primary text
Some scholars interpret the hadiths concerning punishment through wailing to apply to those whose custom it was to engage in wailing and who did not forbid their families from doing so during their life, based on the divine command to guard oneself and one's family from the Fire (Quran 66:6) and the Hadith that everyone is a shepherd responsible for their flock.
Supporting text
Others interpret the meaning to apply specifically to one who explicitly willed or instructed others to wail over them upon their death, citing poetic verses where individuals instructed how they should be lamented.