Ruling on Bringing Singers Under the Pretext of Announcing the Marriage

Question:
There is a dispute between me and my brother regarding bringing female singers to our wedding. His argument is that this falls under the category of announcing the marriage. You are aware, Your Eminence, of the obscene singing, free mixing of men and women, photography, and other things that accompany these singers. We ask you to clarify the truth and settle the matter between us. May Allah reward you with the best reward.

Answer:
What is prescribed in marriage is to announce it and make it public, and for there to be an announcement where women gather with women and men with men. This is because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the announcement of the marriage. In the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), women would gather with the family of the bride and escort her to her husband. There would be some ordinary, patriotic songs among them, praising the husband, the husband's family, or the wife and her family, and the like.
We have come to you, we have come to you
We greet you
and so on. There is nothing wrong with this. As for the reprehensible songs that praise intoxicants, or call for the love of women, or the love of men, or are amplified with loudspeakers, all of this is reprehensible. However, ordinary singing among women alone, without mixing, in their own place, without loudspeakers and without mixing among the women, is permissible. It is part of announcing the marriage, as it was in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to attend it.

Question: And what about the men?

Answer: As for the men, no, it is not permissible for them to mix with women. However, if they are alone with weapons, shooting, and Arabic poetry that contains no evil, no drums, and nothing else, there is nothing wrong with it. They should be alone, away from the women, as some people do. They shoot at the time of the wedding to announce the marriage through shooting, and they gather to recite good poems containing enthusiasm, calling to noble morals, good deeds, and bravery. They learn shooting with weapons. We do not know of any harm in this.
The Abyssinians did this in the mosque of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). They were playing with spears in the mosque, and the Prophet was looking at them. There is nothing wrong with this, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved it, if it is of this nature, related to enthusiasm in learning military affairs: how to throw a spear, how to carry a lance, how to shoot with a rifle, how to carry a sword, and so on. This is beneficial for everyone. However, with the mixing of women, it is not permissible, or with drums as well, or with reprehensible songs related to women, or women's affairs, or the beauty of women, or calling to open sinfulness and disobedience, or intoxicants, or things like that. This is reprehensible and is prohibited.