The ruling on men dancing to drums with their weapons
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His Eminence the Shaykh: We love you for the sake of Allah. In our regions in the south, at weddings, men dance to drums with their weapons. Is this permissible?
First: May Allah reward you. Know that the original ruling regarding musical instruments is that they are forbidden, and drums are among them. Nothing is lawful from them except what the Shari'ah has specified, and what the Shari'ah has specified is the hand drum. In the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), only women used it, striking the hand drum. The hand drum is a round object like a plate, with one side covered by skin that produces the sound,Meaning: being open on one side and sealed with skin on the other. This is what the Sunnah mentions.
As for men dancing, it is not permissible, because dancing is a custom of women and not a custom of men. As for playing with weapons, such as rifles and swords and the like, if there are no drums, there is nothing wrong with it. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) allowed the Abyssinians to play in the middle of his mosque (peace and blessings be upon him) with their spears, but without dancing.
First: May Allah reward you. Know that the original ruling regarding musical instruments is that they are forbidden, and drums are among them. Nothing is lawful from them except what the Shari'ah has specified, and what the Shari'ah has specified is the hand drum. In the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), only women used it, striking the hand drum. The hand drum is a round object like a plate, with one side covered by skin that produces the sound,Meaning: being open on one side and sealed with skin on the other. This is what the Sunnah mentions.
As for men dancing, it is not permissible, because dancing is a custom of women and not a custom of men. As for playing with weapons, such as rifles and swords and the like, if there are no drums, there is nothing wrong with it. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) allowed the Abyssinians to play in the middle of his mosque (peace and blessings be upon him) with their spears, but without dancing.