What is the ruling on holding wedding parties in halls prepared for that purpose, especially if some forbidden things are distributed there?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : Say it, raise your voice.
The questioner : If you allow it, O Shaykh, I want to ask you a question.
The Shaykh : Raise your voice.
The questioner : I want to ask you a question.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... a hall where parties are held.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : We have a hall where parties are held.
The Shaykh : I did not understand.
The questioner : We have a hall in... a hall.
The Shaykh : A hall!
The questioner : Where parties are held.
The Shaykh : Parties for what?
The questioner : Weddings, or parties for foreigners, okay.
The Shaykh : Wedding parties, or parties for what?
The questioner : For foreigners, meaning for foreigners.
The Shaykh : I mean.
The questioner : For foreigners.
The Shaykh: Okay, then.
The questioner : Wedding parties are not free from intoxicants; there are no intoxicants there, but in the foreigners' parties in the same hall, intoxicants are drunk with music.
The Shaykh : In any case, holding wedding parties.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In these places that were prepared.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : For holding parties.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Even if tables of intoxicants are not set up there, it is not permissible for Muslims to hold wedding parties except in their homes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If tables of intoxicants are set up there, as you mentioned, then it is not permissible to enter that place at all. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-An'am 6:68]. This place is inauspicious and inhabited by devils, and the devils are [Al-An'am 6:112]. Therefore, it is not permissible to hold parties in these halls.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you understood me?
The questioner : Yes, yes, I understood.
The Shaykh : I say, peace be upon you.
The questioner: And upon you peace.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : Say it, raise your voice.
The questioner : If you allow it, O Shaykh, I want to ask you a question.
The Shaykh : Raise your voice.
The questioner : I want to ask you a question.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... a hall where parties are held.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : We have a hall where parties are held.
The Shaykh : I did not understand.
The questioner : We have a hall in... a hall.
The Shaykh : A hall!
The questioner : Where parties are held.
The Shaykh : Parties for what?
The questioner : Weddings, or parties for foreigners, okay.
The Shaykh : Wedding parties, or parties for what?
The questioner : For foreigners, meaning for foreigners.
The Shaykh : I mean.
The questioner : For foreigners.
The Shaykh: Okay, then.
The questioner : Wedding parties are not free from intoxicants; there are no intoxicants there, but in the foreigners' parties in the same hall, intoxicants are drunk with music.
The Shaykh : In any case, holding wedding parties.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In these places that were prepared.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : For holding parties.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Even if tables of intoxicants are not set up there, it is not permissible for Muslims to hold wedding parties except in their homes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If tables of intoxicants are set up there, as you mentioned, then it is not permissible to enter that place at all. Allah the Exalted said:
then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people.
فَلَا تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ الذِّكْرَى مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَinspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion
يُوحِي بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُورًاThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you understood me?
The questioner : Yes, yes, I understood.
The Shaykh : I say, peace be upon you.
The questioner: And upon you peace.
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