Bringing poets to wedding parties and paying them sums of money
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Question:
He says: What is the ruling on bringing poets to wedding parties and paying them large sums of money?
Answer:
This is foolishness, this is foolishness, and it is a means of igniting tribalism and partisanship, as you mentioned in the sermon. One must be cautious of this, avoid it, and prohibit it. Wedding parties, my brothers, are only for announcing the marriage. A feast is held for the sake of announcing the marriage and gathering the people, so that they know so-and-so has married so-and-so, they eat the feast, they thank Allah, and they make du'a' (supplication) for the newlyweds, asking for success, and then they leave. As for there being frivolity, play, and open sinfulness, that is not permissible. Yes.
He says: What is the ruling on bringing poets to wedding parties and paying them large sums of money?
Answer:
This is foolishness, this is foolishness, and it is a means of igniting tribalism and partisanship, as you mentioned in the sermon. One must be cautious of this, avoid it, and prohibit it. Wedding parties, my brothers, are only for announcing the marriage. A feast is held for the sake of announcing the marriage and gathering the people, so that they know so-and-so has married so-and-so, they eat the feast, they thank Allah, and they make du'a' (supplication) for the newlyweds, asking for success, and then they leave. As for there being frivolity, play, and open sinfulness, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
نعمة الإسلام — alfawzan.live (55:51)
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