The Evils of Weddings and Recreational Centers, and Guidance for the Rulers
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Question:
This questioner asks about the evils in some weddings, such as women's clothing, music, and other things, and the delay in leaving. He says: What is your guidance for the rulers, or for the rulers regarding women's affairs in such matters?
Answer:
This is undoubtedly a frightening matter, what takes place in the recreational centers and in the wedding palaces on the occasions of marriages or the gatherings they hold for them and the invitations they send. If the matter were limited to them attending, eating food, and talking to one another,
and then they return to their homes, there is no harm in that. But if this is accompanied by evils regarding women or evils in the presence of men, this is a matter that it is not permissible to remain silent about or to approve of. And whoever knows that evils occur in these celebrations, it is not permissible for him to give permission for his women or his children to go to these celebrations that contain evils, because he is responsible for them. He is their guardian and is responsible for his flock.
So it is obligatory for everyone to repent to Allah from these actions, and to purify these recreational centers and these... these palaces from the evils, and to restrict themselves to what Allah the Exalted has made lawful, because they are Muslims, and it is obligatory upon them to be grateful for the blessing, and these matters that take place in them are ingratitude for the blessing, and they expose one to the anger of Allah, and exposure to immediate punishments, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah. So Muslims should refrain from these matters. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
This questioner asks about the evils in some weddings, such as women's clothing, music, and other things, and the delay in leaving. He says: What is your guidance for the rulers, or for the rulers regarding women's affairs in such matters?
Answer:
This is undoubtedly a frightening matter, what takes place in the recreational centers and in the wedding palaces on the occasions of marriages or the gatherings they hold for them and the invitations they send. If the matter were limited to them attending, eating food, and talking to one another,
and then they return to their homes, there is no harm in that. But if this is accompanied by evils regarding women or evils in the presence of men, this is a matter that it is not permissible to remain silent about or to approve of. And whoever knows that evils occur in these celebrations, it is not permissible for him to give permission for his women or his children to go to these celebrations that contain evils, because he is responsible for them. He is their guardian and is responsible for his flock.
So it is obligatory for everyone to repent to Allah from these actions, and to purify these recreational centers and these... these palaces from the evils, and to restrict themselves to what Allah the Exalted has made lawful, because they are Muslims, and it is obligatory upon them to be grateful for the blessing, and these matters that take place in them are ingratitude for the blessing, and they expose one to the anger of Allah, and exposure to immediate punishments, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah. So Muslims should refrain from these matters. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-081-كلكم راع|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:12)
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