Attending Gatherings of Debauchery: Ruling on Attending Gatherings with Music and Dance, and the Duty to Forbid Evil
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Attending Gatherings of Debauchery: Ruling on Attending Gatherings with Music and Dance, and the Duty to Forbid Evil
English:
Question #1417:
1) What is the ruling in the matter of taking part in ceremonies where men and women attend their respective gatherings and dance and play music?
2) Is it permissible to take part in wedding parties where dancing and playing music is commonplace?
3) Should one uphold the duty of forbidding the evil where dancing is taking place, especially when the people concerned are impervious to such counsel?
Answer #1417:
It is not permissible to dance if it excites sexual passion, is accompanied by, or entails, a ḥarām deed or non-maḥram men and women dance together. It makes no difference whether it is a wedding party or else. Similarly, it is not permissible to attend sin gatherings if it involves committing ḥarām deeds such as listening to lahwī music that deviates people from the way of Allah or understood as supporting that which is sinful. As for the duty of enjoining the good and forbidding evil, it ceases to be obligatory when it certainly falls on deaf ears.