What is the ruling on women dancing among themselves? With an explanation of the prescribed singing.
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Another question, O Shaykh, what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding women dancing among themselves?
The Shaykh: What is the ruling on what?
The questioner: Women dancing among themselves.
The Shaykh: There is no dancing among women, nor among men, neither men with men nor women with women; because this dancing is accompanied by much frivolity that a Muslim rises above, especially when women display their charms before one another, and this is not permissible in Islam. All that is the case is that it is permissible for women to sing at a wedding, provided it is decent, noble, and contains no vulgar words, and is not of the songs sung by open sinners and the frivolous among singers, but rather has a pleasant and beautiful meaning, as came in the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) when the Messenger asked her, "Where are you coming from?" She said, "From a wedding of the Ansar." He said: She said, "What should we say, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: Is there anything wrong with these words? There is nothing wrong,
The Shaykh: Sound, clean words. If the singing is of this type, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner: Here is a question, O Shaykh. When you mentioned that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her, "Where are you coming from?" Does this mean she left her house without his permission?
The Shaykh: No, but she left with his permission, though perhaps the permission was general, so she moved from one house to another, and so on. May she be spared from doing anything of that sort.
Abu Layla: Our professor, our brother has the opportunity to travel to Algeria.
The Shaykh: You, Abu Ahmad, you have a final question.
The questioner: No, I have no questions.
The Shaykh: You have questions. It seems you don't want us to let you go a second time, ...
The Shaykh: What is the ruling on what?
The questioner: Women dancing among themselves.
The Shaykh: There is no dancing among women, nor among men, neither men with men nor women with women; because this dancing is accompanied by much frivolity that a Muslim rises above, especially when women display their charms before one another, and this is not permissible in Islam. All that is the case is that it is permissible for women to sing at a wedding, provided it is decent, noble, and contains no vulgar words, and is not of the songs sung by open sinners and the frivolous among singers, but rather has a pleasant and beautiful meaning, as came in the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) when the Messenger asked her, "Where are you coming from?" She said, "From a wedding of the Ansar." He said:
Did you sing for them? For the Ansar love singing.
هل غنيتم لهن فإن الأنصار يحبون الغناءYou say: We have come to you, we have come to you, so greet us and we will greet you.
تقولون : أتيناكم أتيناكم فحيونا نحييكمWe have come to you, we have come to you, so greet us and we will greet you, and were it not for the brown wheat, your young men would not have grown fat...
أتيناكم أتيناكم فحيونا نحييكم ولولا الحنطة السمراء لم تسمن عذاراكم ..The Shaykh: Sound, clean words. If the singing is of this type, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner: Here is a question, O Shaykh. When you mentioned that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her, "Where are you coming from?" Does this mean she left her house without his permission?
The Shaykh: No, but she left with his permission, though perhaps the permission was general, so she moved from one house to another, and so on. May she be spared from doing anything of that sort.
Abu Layla: Our professor, our brother has the opportunity to travel to Algeria.
The Shaykh: You, Abu Ahmad, you have a final question.
The questioner: No, I have no questions.
The Shaykh: You have questions. It seems you don't want us to let you go a second time, ...
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