Dancing: What Can a Husband Do If His Wife Dances Before Non-Maḥrams at Weddings?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Dancing: What Can a Husband Do If His Wife Dances Before Non-Maḥrams at Weddings?

English:

Question #1167:

A married woman dances in wedding parties before non-maḥram people, without the consent of her husband. She is adamant not to give up the habit, despite repeated advice, enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, by her husband. What could one do in this regard?

Answer #1167:

Dancing of a woman in the presence of non-maḥrams is absolutely ḥarām. Going out of her home without her husband’s permission is also ḥarām in itself; she is regarded as rebellious. Accordingly, she does not enjoy the right of maintenance.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Dancing