Dancing: What Is the Ruling on Women Dancing Before Men at Rural Weddings?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Dancing: What Is the Ruling on Women Dancing Before Men at Rural Weddings?

English:

Question #1168:

What is the ruling in the matter of women dancing in the presence of men in rural wedding parties where musical instruments are played? And what should one do in this regard?

Answer #1168:

Dancing of women before non-maḥram men and every dancing which may entail a bad effect and arousal of sexual desires are ḥarām. Playing music and listening to it is also ḥarām if it is done in a lahwī manner and deviates one from the way of Allah. In this case, the onus is on the mukallaf to forbid the evil.

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