Question: What is the origin of commemorating (the dead) on th | Dr Zakir Naik

Question: What is the origin of commemorating (the dead) on the fortieth day?

Shaikh Ibn Baaz:

❝The origin of this custom is Pharaonic. It was practiced by the Pharaohs before Islaam, and then it spread from them to others. It is a reprehensible Bidah (innovation in religion) that has no basis in Islaam and is to be rejected.❞

[Majmoo Fataawa Ibn Baaz (13/399)]