What is the ruling on women dancing among themselves?
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The Shaykh : This is not permissible. It is not permissible because music is among the forbidden musical instruments. Yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what is the ruling on a woman dancing among women, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : We used not to be strict about it and would say: these are games on the occasion of a wedding and there is nothing wrong with them. But we heard that fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) occurs in them, and that some women or some young girls, especially if one is beautiful, it excites the other women. It was even said to me that sometimes a woman among the attendees would stand up for the woman who is playing this, and desire would arise. So I saw that dancing should be prohibited. As for the dancing of young girls among the girls, it may be said that there is nothing wrong with it, because what is permitted for the young in such matters is not permitted for the adults. Yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what is the ruling on a woman dancing among women, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : We used not to be strict about it and would say: these are games on the occasion of a wedding and there is nothing wrong with them. But we heard that fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) occurs in them, and that some women or some young girls, especially if one is beautiful, it excites the other women. It was even said to me that sometimes a woman among the attendees would stand up for the woman who is playing this, and desire would arise. So I saw that dancing should be prohibited. As for the dancing of young girls among the girls, it may be said that there is nothing wrong with it, because what is permitted for the young in such matters is not permitted for the adults. Yes.