What is the ruling on women's wailing at celebrations?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on wailing in...
The Shaykh : Understood.
The questioner : Wailing, in the Shaykh's view, women do not wail.
The Shaykh : Why do they wail?
The questioner : To console, that is better.
The Shaykh : So this is not wailing. May Allah guide you. Are you a foreigner or an Arab?
The questioner : My brother, hold your tongue, hold your tongue, hold your tongue. Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Wailing is in the context of lamentation. You mean shrieking.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. What did you call it in your place?
The Shaykh : Good. So it is permissible if it does not contain obscene words.
The questioner : Is that not so, except, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Do not say "except." I stipulated this condition.
The presenter : Yes.
The Shaykh : Understood.
The questioner : Wailing, in the Shaykh's view, women do not wail.
The Shaykh : Why do they wail?
The questioner : To console, that is better.
The Shaykh : So this is not wailing. May Allah guide you. Are you a foreigner or an Arab?
The questioner : My brother, hold your tongue, hold your tongue, hold your tongue. Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Wailing is in the context of lamentation. You mean shrieking.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. What did you call it in your place?
The Shaykh : Good. So it is permissible if it does not contain obscene words.
The questioner : Is that not so, except, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Do not say "except." I stipulated this condition.
The presenter : Yes.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 1334 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (20:36)
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