Soyem, Tenth Day, Fortieth-Day Memorial — Fard, Wajib, Sunna or Mustahabb?

Question

Performing the soyem (third-day commemoration), the tenth, the twentieth [day] and the fortieth-day memorial in the manner current nowadays — which of fard, wajib, sunna, mustahabb is it? What punishments of the Sacred Law and what threats of punishment in the Hereafter have come concerning one who does not perform them?

Answer

These things are not established by the proofs of the Sacred Law; rather, the jurists have stated explicitly that they are a forbidden bid‘a (innovation in religion), as is mentioned in “Fatawa Bazzaziyya”, “Radd al-Muhtar” and other [books]. Therefore these things should be abandoned. Isal al-thawab (conveying reward to the deceased)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

Preview. The full text opens with JavaScript enabled.