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Ruling On Singing At Celebrations


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The ruling below is concerning women only.

۞ It was narrated that al-Rubayyi’ bint Mu’awwidh said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) entered upon me on the day of my wedding and sat on my mattress as you are sitting now, and young girls were beating the daff and singing about their fathers who had been killed at the battle of Badr, until a girl said, “And among us is a Prophet who knows what will happen tomorrow.” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not say this, but say the other things that you were saying.”

Sahih al Bukhari, Kitab an Nikaah, hadith- 5147.

۞ Narrated 'Aisha, She prepared a lady for a man from the Ansar as his bride and the Prophet said, "O 'Aisha! Haven't you got any entertainment (during the marriage ceremony) as the Ansar like entertainment?"

Sahih al Bukhari, Kitab an Nikaah, hadith- 5162.

۞ It was narrated that Abu Ishaaq said: I heard ‘Aamir ibn Sa’d al-Bajali say: I saw Thaabit ibn Wadee’ah and Qarazah ibn Ka’b al-Ansaari at a wedding, and there was singing. I spoke to them about that and they said that a concession had been granted allowing singing at weddings and weeping for the dead, so long as there was no wailing. 

Narrated by al-Bayhaqi, 14469. 

۞ It was narrated that Muhammad ibn Haatib al-Jamahi said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The thing that differentiates between haraam and halaal is the beating of the daff and voices.”

Jami'at Tirmidhi, kitab an Nikaah, hadees - 1088. Ibn Majah, kitab an Nikaah, hadees - 1896. Sunan Nasa’i, kitab an Nikaah, hadees - 3371. Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Adaab al-Zafaaf, p. 96. Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai also classed these narrations as Hasan.

۩ Shaykh Saleh al Munajjid said,

“It is permissible for women to beat the daff and to sing permissible songs on permissible occasions such as Eid, celebrations and the like. 
This is what it is permitted for women to do of singing at weddings. The only musical instrument that is permissible for them is the daff, and not others such as the tabl. The difference between them is that the tabl is covered on both sides whereas the daff is open on one side and covered on the other.”

۩ Shaykh al-Albaani said:
It is permissible for him – the bridegroom – to allow women to announce the marriage by beating the daff only, and by singing permissible songs in which there is no description of beauty or mention of immoral phrases… then he mentioned the evidence for that. 

Adaab al-Zafaaf, p. 93.

۩ Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 

With regard to the tabl, it is not permissible to beat it in weddings, rather the daff only should be used. 

Fataawa Islamiyyah, 3/185.

۩ Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: 

The drum that is covered on both sides is called the tabl, and it is not permissible, because it is a kind of musical instrument and all kinds of musical instruments are haraam, except that for which there is evidence that it is halaal, which is the daff at weddings. 

Fataawa Islamiyyah, 3/186.

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