The custom of drumming and the mixing of women with men in Jizan
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The questioner:
We inform you that there is a bad custom prevalent in the Jizan region, which persists to this day. When they have a marriage, a circumcision, or any social occasion, drumming takes place with hand drums. The drummer is a man, accompanied by several other men, and they are called the *mizlufin*.
When the drumming and whistling end, the women mix with the men. We have advised them more than once, but they insist on this. They say that these drummers are slaves like women, have no value among men, and that a woman is not required to cover herself from them. We hope that by hearing this, you will investigate this matter and stop this bad phenomenon and custom, as the ignorant ones call it. May Allah reward you with the best reward.
The Shaykh:
We ask about it, if Allah wills. It is not for you, if its aspect is correct, O Shaykh. And Allah knows best.
The questioner:
Even they, O Shaykh, in Riyadh, you see, are ready. We will drum for you on it.
The Shaykh:
Uh-huh.
The questioner:
It lightens the burden.
The Shaykh:
He has it.
The questioner:
And not just in Jizan, but in the whole south. Yes.
The Shaykh:
If Allah wills, it will be in moments. And whoever fears something, let him write to us about it, if Allah wills.
The questioner:
If they are overcome by the drumming, when they see, if they are overcome by the drumming, our men.
The Shaykh:
He writes to us, the sons of the president of the committees, cooperation and assistance in good. A person should not remain silent while he is turning away from something. If he has nothing against him, he writes to the court in his country, the court of the committee in his country, the emir in his country. This is cooperation in righteousness and piety. If he has nothing of the apparent evils, he has a court, he has a committee, he has an emirate. He writes to them, and he writes to whoever he thinks has more than others, if it did not benefit him. This is how cooperation is. It is silence and turning away.
We inform you that there is a bad custom prevalent in the Jizan region, which persists to this day. When they have a marriage, a circumcision, or any social occasion, drumming takes place with hand drums. The drummer is a man, accompanied by several other men, and they are called the *mizlufin*.
When the drumming and whistling end, the women mix with the men. We have advised them more than once, but they insist on this. They say that these drummers are slaves like women, have no value among men, and that a woman is not required to cover herself from them. We hope that by hearing this, you will investigate this matter and stop this bad phenomenon and custom, as the ignorant ones call it. May Allah reward you with the best reward.
The Shaykh:
We ask about it, if Allah wills. It is not for you, if its aspect is correct, O Shaykh. And Allah knows best.
The questioner:
Even they, O Shaykh, in Riyadh, you see, are ready. We will drum for you on it.
The Shaykh:
Uh-huh.
The questioner:
It lightens the burden.
The Shaykh:
He has it.
The questioner:
And not just in Jizan, but in the whole south. Yes.
The Shaykh:
If Allah wills, it will be in moments. And whoever fears something, let him write to us about it, if Allah wills.
The questioner:
If they are overcome by the drumming, when they see, if they are overcome by the drumming, our men.
The Shaykh:
He writes to us, the sons of the president of the committees, cooperation and assistance in good. A person should not remain silent while he is turning away from something. If he has nothing against him, he writes to the court in his country, the court of the committee in his country, the emir in his country. This is cooperation in righteousness and piety. If he has nothing of the apparent evils, he has a court, he has a committee, he has an emirate. He writes to them, and he writes to whoever he thinks has more than others, if it did not benefit him. This is how cooperation is. It is silence and turning away.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 66 — archive.org (1:27:51)
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