NAUHAH. نوحة
“Lamentations for the dead.” The employment of paid mourners is forbidden by the Sunni law, for Abu Sa’idu ‘l-Khudri says “The Prophet cursed both the paid mourner sad him that listened to thier lamentations.” (Mishkat, book v. ch viii. pt. 2.)
“Lamentations for the dead.” The employment of paid mourners is forbidden by the Sunni law, for Abu Sa’idu ‘l-Khudri says “The Prophet cursed both the paid mourner sad him that listened to thier lamentations.” (Mishkat, book v. ch viii. pt. 2.)
Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam