Religious Events: Ruling on Drums, Trumpets, and Self-Flagellation with Blades in Ashura Processions

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Religious Events: Ruling on Drums, Trumpets, and Self-Flagellation with Blades in Ashura Processions

English:

Question #1431:

What is the view on the traditional re-enactment of the martyrdom of Imam Ḥusayn (a.s.) which may have some positive effect on the minds of people?

Answer #1431:

If the use of such chains leads, in the eye of the public, to defaming our school of thought or inflicting a noticeable harmful effect on the body, it is not permissible. There is no harm in using the drum, cymbal, and trumpet in the traditional way.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Religious Events