Singing And (Beating) The Daff
Darussalam · Volume 3
9. The Chapters On MarriageSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1898 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 612
Source no. 1898 · Volume 4 · Page 398
Sahih
صحيح مقدمة الآيات البينات (٤٥ - ٤٦)
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1898. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "Abu Bakr entered upon me, and there were two girls from the Ansâr with me, singing about what the Ansâr used to sing about the Day of Bu'âth."[1] She said: "And they were not really singers. Abu Bakr said: 'The wind instruments of Satan in the house of the Prophet ﷺ?' That was on the day of 'Eid (Al-Fitr). But the Prophet ﷺ said: 'O Abu Bakr, every people has its festival and this is our festival.'" (Sahih)
1898 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعِنْدِي جَارِيَتَانِ مِنْ جَوَارِي الْأَنْصَارِ تُغَنِّيَانِ بِمَا تَقَاوَلَتْ بِهِ الْأَنْصَارُ فِي يَوْمِ بُعَاثٍ، قَالَتْ: وَلَيْسَتَا بِمُغَنِّيَتَيْنِ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَبِمَزْمُورِ الشَّيْطَانِ فِي بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ وَذَلِكَ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدِ الْفِطْرِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، إِنَّ لِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ عِيدًا، وَهَذَا عِيدُنَا»
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To read and say the poetry is allowed as long as it is within the limits of the Shari'ah. Adopting the profession of singing is regarded a condemned act in the Islamic society, and such people are not regarded respectable, instead these individuals are detested. Entertaining programs are allowed at wedding and 'Eid celebrations, provided no such act is performed which is contrary to the teachings of the Shari'ah. However it is absolutely wrong to take this reasonable permission as proof for music with singing, indecent songs, and for the proof of mixed gatherings (male and female).