The Ruling on Popular 'Aradat
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In the southern region, among the Bedouins, at weddings and festivals, there is something called the 'Aradah. It is a group game for men in which they recite some patriotic poems without a drum or a zurr. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view?
I hesitate to declare this forbidden; because the 'Aradat at occasions are similar to what the Shari'ah legislated regarding the play of the Abyssinians with their spears in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and 'Umar wanted to pelt them,So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: (Let them be, so that they may know that there is ease in our religion).
So I hesitate to declare it forbidden, provided it does not include anything forbidden, such as the presence of women and their mixing with men. In that case, it becomes forbidden because of that.
I hesitate to declare this forbidden; because the 'Aradat at occasions are similar to what the Shari'ah legislated regarding the play of the Abyssinians with their spears in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and 'Umar wanted to pelt them,So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: (Let them be, so that they may know that there is ease in our religion).
So I hesitate to declare it forbidden, provided it does not include anything forbidden, such as the presence of women and their mixing with men. In that case, it becomes forbidden because of that.