Singing Among Women with the Hand Drum, Without Other Musical Instruments
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If singing is among women and there are no musical instruments other than the hand drum, what is the ruling on that?
Answer:
It is not permissible, neither among women nor among men, except for women on the occasion of announcing the marriage, the occasion of the wedding, for the purpose of announcing the marriage only. And women are not permitted to sing. Women are more prone to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) than men. Men have minds, and women’s minds are weak.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If singing is among women and there are no musical instruments other than the hand drum, what is the ruling on that?
Answer:
It is not permissible, neither among women nor among men, except for women on the occasion of announcing the marriage, the occasion of the wedding, for the purpose of announcing the marriage only. And women are not permitted to sing. Women are more prone to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) than men. Men have minds, and women’s minds are weak.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل هذا السماع الشيطاني المضاد للسماع الرحماني له في الشرع بضعة عشر اسمًا — islamhouse.com (55:21)
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