What is your opinion regarding what is called Islamic celebrations, given that the women stay up in them until four in the morning?

The questioner : May Allah reward you. A questioner says: There are things called Islamic celebrations, and in them the women stay late or return to their homes at four in the morning. Are these Islamic celebrations?

The Shaykh : Yes, they are Islamic celebrations if there is no forbidden matter in them, if the songs are pure, and if the enjoyment is only with the hand drum, then there is nothing wrong with that. And this is not a permanent matter such that we would say: the person exhausts himself, and We say this is an occasional matter, so let us give our souls their share of joy, on the condition that this does not involve falling into a forbidden matter. Yes.