´Abdullah narrated that:` The Prophet said: "Beware of An-Na'i, for indeed announcing one's death is from the deeds of Jahliyyah."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
English Commentary:
1:
Informing others of someone's death is called "na'i" (announcement of death).
Na'i is permissible; even the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) himself informed about the death of Najashi.
Similarly, he conveyed the news of the deaths of Zayd ibn Harithah, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, and Abdullah ibn Rawahah (radi Allahu anhum).
Here, the type of na'i that is being warned against refers to the na'i practiced by the people of Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance).
In the era of Jahiliyyah, when someone died, they would send a person who would go around the neighborhoods and markets announcing the death.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Maymun Abu Hamzah al-A'war is a weak narrator.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 984