What is the ruling on a woman singing to her husband?
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Al-Huwaini: Okay, here is a question: What is the ruling on a woman singing to her husband, meaning she sings for her husband or something like that?
The Shaykh : What is meant by singing? If by singing one means pleasing the ear with a beautiful voice and with words that are permissible for any Muslim to utter, then let her sing as much as she wishes, on the condition that she does not neglect any of her obligatory duties.
Al-Huwaini: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : However, if she sings with words that are not permissible to utter in the first place according to the Shari'ah, then there is no difference at that point whether she sings for her husband, her brother, or her sister. Because the matter, as you know, is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan ad-Daraqutni 22:19. So if a person speaks ugly words, he is held accountable for them, and if he sings them, the accountability increases. Therefore, we must distinguish between one type of singing and another. If a woman sings in front of her husband with permissible words, it is said to be permissible, so let her sing and please him with whatever songs she wishes. But if by singing one means, and by Allah, the obscene song that has become a profession for some open sinners, male and female, then at that time there is no difference between her singing for her husband or for a stranger.
Al-Huwaini: Okay, what is the danger of her singing to her husband whatever she wants? I mean, what is the legal harm that will occur? For example, her husband might have a reaction to, for example...
The Shaykh : I have already mentioned whether it is permissible for her to speak words that are not permissible to utter.
Al-Huwaini: Generally, no.
The Shaykh : And specifically?
Al-Huwaini laughs
The Shaykh : There is no difference between the general and the specific.
The student : For example, what kind of words?
Al-Huwaini: If, for example, she sang for him a rebuke, words about love and passion, and the like, which might please the husband's heart or...
The Shaykh : No, no, the previous statement is clear, with Allah's permission. But what responds to the question of our brother Abdullah is: you are now trying to bring up an example when you said, "What is the harm in her singing to him about love and passion?" This is, in fact, the answer of our brother Abu Abdullah. If "passion" is used in the sense of what is lawful of love, that is one thing; but what comes to mind from the opposite of that is...
Al-Huwaini: The second one.
The Shaykh : The second one. So let her sing about love and stay away from passion, because what comes to mind from the word "passion" is usually not what is prescribed. Ah, the truth is, I personally might be unable, I personally might be unable to provide an example that you are asking for; but we ask for help from our master Abu Ahmad
Laughter.The Shaykh : and the students
The Shaykh : Perhaps he remembers some of the songs from his previous pre-Islamic age,
Laughter.The Shaykh : and the students
The Shaykh : Perhaps he can help us recall an example...
Abu Layla : Praise be to Allah, and by Allah, Abu Abdullah remembers more than I do.
The students laugh andThe Shaykh
The Shaykh : So, for example, he usually mentions in this context waists, wines, bellies, hips, and the like. Is this statement understood?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, so let us leave aside mentioning the waist, but mentioning wine is not permissible Islamically, because it involves acknowledging the permissibility of what these drunkards do behind their so-called passion and love, where they gather to dance and to drink the forbidden beverage and the like. The important thing is, if you are unable to provide the example mentioned earlier, and even if you have come close to it, the statement is very clear from his saying (peace be upon him)Sunan ad-Daraqutni 22:19. Okay, and others.
Abu Layla : My teacher, excuse me, sometimes some songs also involve swearing by their eyes or this.
The Shaykh : That is good, that is good.
Al-Huwaini: You remembered
The Shaykh : Swearing by his life, swearing like this, this is among the examples of words that are not permissible to speak. So in light of this brevity of speech, we can get into the details if you can recall them.
The Shaykh : What is meant by singing? If by singing one means pleasing the ear with a beautiful voice and with words that are permissible for any Muslim to utter, then let her sing as much as she wishes, on the condition that she does not neglect any of her obligatory duties.
Al-Huwaini: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : However, if she sings with words that are not permissible to utter in the first place according to the Shari'ah, then there is no difference at that point whether she sings for her husband, her brother, or her sister. Because the matter, as you know, is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Poetry is speech, so its good is good and its bad is bad.
الشعر كلام فحسنه حسن وقبيحه قبيحAl-Huwaini: Okay, what is the danger of her singing to her husband whatever she wants? I mean, what is the legal harm that will occur? For example, her husband might have a reaction to, for example...
The Shaykh : I have already mentioned whether it is permissible for her to speak words that are not permissible to utter.
Al-Huwaini: Generally, no.
The Shaykh : And specifically?
Al-Huwaini laughs
The Shaykh : There is no difference between the general and the specific.
The student : For example, what kind of words?
Al-Huwaini: If, for example, she sang for him a rebuke, words about love and passion, and the like, which might please the husband's heart or...
The Shaykh : No, no, the previous statement is clear, with Allah's permission. But what responds to the question of our brother Abdullah is: you are now trying to bring up an example when you said, "What is the harm in her singing to him about love and passion?" This is, in fact, the answer of our brother Abu Abdullah. If "passion" is used in the sense of what is lawful of love, that is one thing; but what comes to mind from the opposite of that is...
Al-Huwaini: The second one.
The Shaykh : The second one. So let her sing about love and stay away from passion, because what comes to mind from the word "passion" is usually not what is prescribed. Ah, the truth is, I personally might be unable, I personally might be unable to provide an example that you are asking for; but we ask for help from our master Abu Ahmad
Laughter.The Shaykh : and the students
The Shaykh : Perhaps he remembers some of the songs from his previous pre-Islamic age,
Laughter.The Shaykh : and the students
The Shaykh : Perhaps he can help us recall an example...
Abu Layla : Praise be to Allah, and by Allah, Abu Abdullah remembers more than I do.
The students laugh andThe Shaykh
The Shaykh : So, for example, he usually mentions in this context waists, wines, bellies, hips, and the like. Is this statement understood?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, so let us leave aside mentioning the waist, but mentioning wine is not permissible Islamically, because it involves acknowledging the permissibility of what these drunkards do behind their so-called passion and love, where they gather to dance and to drink the forbidden beverage and the like. The important thing is, if you are unable to provide the example mentioned earlier, and even if you have come close to it, the statement is very clear from his saying (peace be upon him)
Poetry is speech; its good is good and its bad is bad
الشعر كلام حسنه حسن وقبيحه قبيحAbu Layla : My teacher, excuse me, sometimes some songs also involve swearing by their eyes or this.
The Shaykh : That is good, that is good.
Al-Huwaini: You remembered
The Shaykh : Swearing by his life, swearing like this, this is among the examples of words that are not permissible to speak. So in light of this brevity of speech, we can get into the details if you can recall them.
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