Azami 6542

Abu Dawud Tayalisi narrated it (1317), and through his route Bayhaqi (289/7) narrated it, from Shuba, from Abu Ishaq, who said, I heard Amir bin Saad Bajali say, then he related the hadith. Ibn Abu Shayba also narrated it (193/4), as did Hakim (2/184), both from the hadith of Shuba with his chain, similarly. Hakim said, "It is sahih according to the criteria of the two Shaykhs." Bayhaqi said, "Israil also narrated it, from Abu Ishaq." I say, likewise Sharik also narrated it from Abu Ishaq.As for the narration of Israil, Bayhaqi narrated it (289/7) from Abu Ishaq, from Amir bin Rabia Bajali, who said, I entered upon Qarza bin Kaab and Abu Masud, and he mentioned a third person, whose name has slipped my mind, while the young women were beating tambourines and singing. So I said, "Do you allow this, when you are companions of Muhammad ﷺ?" They said, "Permission has been given for weddings, and for wailing at times of calamity."As for the hadith of Sharik, Ibn Abu Shayba narrated it from him (192/4), from Abu Ishaq, from Amir bin Saad, who said, I entered upon Abu Masud and Qarza bin Kaab, and with them were young women singing. I said, "Do you do this, when you are companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, so he said, "We have been given permission for amusement at weddings." Nasai (3383) and Hakim (2/184) narrated it from another route through Sharik, and in it, they said, "If you wish, stay with us, and if you wish, go, for we have been given permission for amusement at weddings, and for weeping at times of calamity." Sharik said, "I think he said, other than wailing." End of citation. Bayhaqi mentioned it in summarized form. Sharik is bin Abdullah, weak in memory, but he has corroboration as you have seen.On this subject there is also what was narrated from the husband of the daughter of Abu Lahab, who said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came in to us when the daughter of Abu Lahab got married, and he said, 'Is there any amusement?'" Ahmad (16626) and Tabarani (24/258) both narrated it from the hadith of Zubayri, who said, Israil narrated to us, from Simak, from Mabad bin Qays, from Abdullah bin Umayr or Umayrah, who said, the husband of the daughter of Abu Lahab narrated to me, then he related it. Mabad bin Qays and his teacher Abdullah bin Umayr are both unknown, and Zubayri is Abu Ahmad Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Zubayr Asadi. Haythami said in Majma (289/4), "It contains Mabad bin Qays, whom I do not know."As for what was narrated from a shaykh who was present with Abu Waail at a wedding feast, when the guests began to play and sing, Abu Waail undid the wrap of his garment and said, "I heard Abdullah say, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Singing plants hypocrisy in the heart.'" This is daif. Abu Dawud narrated it (4927) from Muslim bin Ibrahim, who said, Salam bin Miskin narrated to us, from a shaykh, then he related it. Its chain is daif due to the unknown identity of this shaykh. It has also been narrated with another chain, except that it stops at Abdullah bin Masud. Marwazi narrated it in Tazim Qadr Salah (680), and Bayhaqi (223/10), both through routes from Ghundar, from Shuba, from Hakam, from Hammad, from Ibrahim, from Abdullah bin Masud. Its narrators are trustworthy.Daylami mentioned it in Firdaws (4319), attributing it to the Prophet through Anas bin Malik, "Singing and amusement plant hypocrisy in the heart, just as water makes grass grow, and by the One in whose hand is my soul, the Quran and remembrance plant faith in the heart, just as water makes grass grow." Sakhawi cited it in Maqasid Hasana (731) and said, "It is not sahih, as Nawawi said."The jurisprudence of this topic. His Eminence Shaykh bin Baz, may Allah Almighty have mercy on him, said, "It is recommended to beat the tambourine at a marriage, for women specifically, in order to announce it and distinguish it from illicit sex. There is no harm in women singing among themselves with the tambourine, provided those songs contain no encouragement toward wrongdoing and no discouragement from any obligation, on condition that this takes place only among themselves, without mixing with men."As for play and amusement for men, he said, may Allah have mercy on him, "For men by themselves, if it is with weapons and archery, or with Arabic poetry, that is fine, but as for drums, no, nor with reprehensible songs." See Ikhtiyarat Fiqhiyyah, pages 490–491.As for women dancing, His Eminence Shaykh Salih Fawzan was asked about that, and he said, "There is no harm in women dancing on the occasion of marriage, and beating the tambourine along with some decent singing, because this is part of the announcement of marriage commanded by the Sharia. But it is on condition that this takes place only within the circle of women, with a voice that is not raised and does not go beyond their location, and on condition of complete covering, such that nothing of a woman's private parts appears during the dancing, such as her legs, forearms, and upper arms, and only what a Muslim woman customarily uncovers in the presence of women may appear."I say, what is meant by dancing here is not the dancing familiar from films, but rather it means women moving their hands and bodies, especially in the presence of a wedding, and producing the sounds particular to that occasion, as an expression of joy and happiness, while observing the etiquette of the Sharia.