The Ruling on Inviting Poets to a Wedding Celebration
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Question:
Some people, before the wedding ceremony, book a poet, or two poets, for a specific amount of money to enliven the wedding party. What is the ruling on this? And what is your guidance for the people?
Answer:
Singing among women at a wedding is permissible. Beating the duff, which is the hand drum, was practiced in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). It is part of announcing the marriage. It is prescribed to announce the marriage, and one way of announcing it is for the women to gather and beat the duff among themselves with ordinary songs that do not praise a forbidden thing or call to a forbidden thing, but rather praise the husband and wife, or the husband’s and wife’s families, and the like. There is no harm in this during the wedding night, the night of the marriage.
As for men, they are not permitted to do this; performing songs and beating the duff or drum is not for them. However, if a poet stands among them in the Arab style, reciting Arab poetry that contains nothing Allah has forbidden, without a duff or drum, but rather Arab poetry, such as reciting good poetry for them about generosity and hospitality, calling to good, forbidding evil, praising bravery, jihad, and other good things, then all of this is permissible, even if it is not at a wedding, at any time. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to listen to good poetry. He used to listen to the poetry of Hassan, the poetry of Ibn Rawahah, and the poetry of Ka'b ibn Malik. There is no harm in this. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Some people, before the wedding ceremony, book a poet, or two poets, for a specific amount of money to enliven the wedding party. What is the ruling on this? And what is your guidance for the people?
Answer:
Singing among women at a wedding is permissible. Beating the duff, which is the hand drum, was practiced in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). It is part of announcing the marriage. It is prescribed to announce the marriage, and one way of announcing it is for the women to gather and beat the duff among themselves with ordinary songs that do not praise a forbidden thing or call to a forbidden thing, but rather praise the husband and wife, or the husband’s and wife’s families, and the like. There is no harm in this during the wedding night, the night of the marriage.
As for men, they are not permitted to do this; performing songs and beating the duff or drum is not for them. However, if a poet stands among them in the Arab style, reciting Arab poetry that contains nothing Allah has forbidden, without a duff or drum, but rather Arab poetry, such as reciting good poetry for them about generosity and hospitality, calling to good, forbidding evil, praising bravery, jihad, and other good things, then all of this is permissible, even if it is not at a wedding, at any time. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to listen to good poetry. He used to listen to the poetry of Hassan, the poetry of Ibn Rawahah, and the poetry of Ka'b ibn Malik. There is no harm in this. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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