Is the hand drum absolutely forbidden for men?
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The questioner : Regarding the hand drum, one of the scholars forbids it and declares it absolutely forbidden. To which books do you attribute this?
The Shaykh : Who is it that forbade it absolutely?
The questioner : I heard someone say, "We considered a man who beats the hand drum to be effeminate," and another saying that seems to be from Ibn Abbas.
The Shaykh : You, my brother, did not specify that the prohibition of the hand drum is for men?
The questioner : No, I am saying for men only, as for women.
The Shaykh : Well; this is part of the amusement that is included in the previous statement; that is, for example, the hand drum is for women and slave girls, not for men; because the original ruling is that it is forbidden, so what is excepted from the forbidden is permitted, and one stops there and does not go beyond it.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The Shaykh : Who is it that forbade it absolutely?
The questioner : I heard someone say, "We considered a man who beats the hand drum to be effeminate," and another saying that seems to be from Ibn Abbas.
The Shaykh : You, my brother, did not specify that the prohibition of the hand drum is for men?
The questioner : No, I am saying for men only, as for women.
The Shaykh : Well; this is part of the amusement that is included in the previous statement; that is, for example, the hand drum is for women and slave girls, not for men; because the original ruling is that it is forbidden, so what is excepted from the forbidden is permitted, and one stops there and does not go beyond it.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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