If sinful men enter women's wedding halls, what is obligatory for the women to do regarding this ugly act, and what is obligatory for everyone who becomes aware of it?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, you mentioned in yesterday's Friday sermon that some young men broke into one of the women's wedding halls, but you did not mention, may Allah guide you, what is obligatory for the women present in that hall, what they should do to reject this evil, and what is required of everyone who learns of it toward those who did it?
The Shaykh : The sermon does not allow for detailing every matter, because there may be a scholar present who understands the matter correctly, and another who understands it incorrectly. The evil is men entering upon women on this night and dancing with them. Otherwise, it is well known that this is a crime against the entire society. It is also well known that people do not approve of men entering upon their women at women's parties; no one approves of it. For this reason, some people contacted me after Friday and said: We must put these people who did this act on trial, because we do not approve of young men entering upon our women and dancing with them. These people deserve to be put on trial because of the evil their action leads to and the opening of the door to evil. And every person, praise be to Allah, rejects this. But a person may have a slip or a lapse where he does not think about the consequences. We hope for those who did this ugly deed that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will bestow upon them forgiveness and repentance, and that He will protect the Muslims from such trials and evils.
The questioner : What is obligatory for the women, O Shaykh, if this happens?
The Shaykh : By Allah, as for what is obligatory for the women, I am unable to say: What is obligatory for the women? Is it obligatory for the women to shout at these men: Get out, get out? Or I do not know what is obligatory? Rather, the important thing is that I see the entry of men upon women in this as a great evil.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : The sermon does not allow for detailing every matter, because there may be a scholar present who understands the matter correctly, and another who understands it incorrectly. The evil is men entering upon women on this night and dancing with them. Otherwise, it is well known that this is a crime against the entire society. It is also well known that people do not approve of men entering upon their women at women's parties; no one approves of it. For this reason, some people contacted me after Friday and said: We must put these people who did this act on trial, because we do not approve of young men entering upon our women and dancing with them. These people deserve to be put on trial because of the evil their action leads to and the opening of the door to evil. And every person, praise be to Allah, rejects this. But a person may have a slip or a lapse where he does not think about the consequences. We hope for those who did this ugly deed that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will bestow upon them forgiveness and repentance, and that He will protect the Muslims from such trials and evils.
The questioner : What is obligatory for the women, O Shaykh, if this happens?
The Shaykh : By Allah, as for what is obligatory for the women, I am unable to say: What is obligatory for the women? Is it obligatory for the women to shout at these men: Get out, get out? Or I do not know what is obligatory? Rather, the important thing is that I see the entry of men upon women in this as a great evil.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.