1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,660 Our Mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 2 00:00:12,660 --> 00:00:16,339 The Ansar enjoy entertainment. 3 00:00:16,339 --> 00:00:21,699 Allah created the human soul, 4 00:00:21,699 --> 00:00:24,899 and He is most knowledgeable of it and what is beneficial for it. 5 00:00:24,899 --> 00:00:31,179 Thus, He revealed a legislation that suits its innate nature and brings balance to its life. 6 00:00:31,179 --> 00:00:34,100 Whenever it strays from this legislation, 7 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:36,179 it wanders in the darkness of ignorance, 8 00:00:36,179 --> 00:00:39,179 and its life turns into misery. 9 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,240 The search for happiness is a demand of all people, 10 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,119 yet some realize that the path to happiness 11 00:00:47,119 --> 00:00:49,520 is following this great religion 12 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,880 which Allah has chosen for us, 13 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,159 so one finds happiness in the pleasure of their Lord. 14 00:00:54,159 --> 00:00:59,880 Others think that religion is a source of misery and hardship in this worldly life, 15 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:03,079 so they seek happiness in the amusements of life, 16 00:01:03,079 --> 00:01:07,099 drowning in them, only to find no happiness. 17 00:01:07,219 --> 00:01:12,700 Islam came with a legislation that balances serious worship 18 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:16,659 with the human soul’s desires for permissible recreation. 19 00:01:16,659 --> 00:01:19,540 It gave everything its due right. 20 00:01:19,540 --> 00:01:21,659 Whoever implements this balance 21 00:01:21,659 --> 00:01:25,180 attains the happiness of this world and the Hereafter. 22 00:01:25,180 --> 00:01:27,780 It is part of the nature of women 23 00:01:27,780 --> 00:01:30,260 that they enjoy recreation, 24 00:01:30,260 --> 00:01:33,260 especially on beautiful occasions 25 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:36,060 such as the two Eids and wedding celebrations. 26 00:01:36,099 --> 00:01:39,540 Therefore, Islam has taken this nature into account, 27 00:01:39,540 --> 00:01:43,620 and permitted them the recreation that brings joy to their souls, 28 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:46,530 without crossing into the forbidden. 29 00:01:46,530 --> 00:01:50,129 Anyone who follows the Prophetic biography of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 30 00:01:50,129 --> 00:01:52,890 in his dealings with the nature of women, 31 00:01:52,890 --> 00:01:55,489 will realize this well. 32 00:01:55,489 --> 00:01:57,689 Among the examples of this 33 00:01:57,689 --> 00:02:00,810 is what was narrated by ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, 34 00:02:00,810 --> 00:02:04,769 that a woman was being wedded to a man from the Ansar. 35 00:02:04,810 --> 00:02:08,409 The Prophet of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 36 00:02:08,409 --> 00:02:12,250 “O ‘Aishah, did you have any entertainment with you? 37 00:02:12,250 --> 00:02:15,210 For the Ansar enjoy entertainment.” 38 00:02:15,210 --> 00:02:17,280 Narrated by Al-Bukhari. 39 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,080 The occasion here in this story 40 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:21,599 is the wedding. 41 00:02:21,599 --> 00:02:25,280 The nature of a wedding is joy and happiness. 42 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,439 The Prophet, peace be upon him, added in this hadith 43 00:02:29,439 --> 00:02:33,539 that it is in the nature of the women of the Ansar to love entertainment. 44 00:02:33,539 --> 00:02:36,460 Thus, several factors converged on this occasion, 45 00:02:36,460 --> 00:02:39,020 all of which invite the use of entertainment 46 00:02:39,020 --> 00:02:41,460 and the expression of joy and happiness. 47 00:02:41,460 --> 00:02:44,020 The Prophet, peace be upon him, guided 48 00:02:44,020 --> 00:02:46,979 his wife ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, 49 00:02:46,979 --> 00:02:49,259 to the importance of having that which brings joy 50 00:02:49,259 --> 00:02:52,379 and makes women happy on this occasion, 51 00:02:52,379 --> 00:02:54,780 through permissible recreation. 52 00:02:54,780 --> 00:02:57,300 The word "entertainment" in this hadith, 53 00:02:57,300 --> 00:03:00,500 or the word "singing" in other hadiths, 54 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:03,340 should be understood according to the terminology of its time 55 00:03:03,379 --> 00:03:05,020 in which it was spoken, 56 00:03:05,020 --> 00:03:08,879 and how it was applied in that era. 57 00:03:08,879 --> 00:03:11,120 As for our current time, 58 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,599 although the term carries the same word, 59 00:03:14,599 --> 00:03:17,840 the meaning has changed completely, 60 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,639 and the means and applications have changed as well. 61 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,879 Therefore, no one should use such hadiths as an argument 62 00:03:24,879 --> 00:03:26,800 to justify falsehood, 63 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,479 or to declare lawful what Allah, the Almighty, has forbidden. 64 00:03:30,479 --> 00:03:33,080 Ibn Al-Jawzi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 65 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,400 "It was called singing 66 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,639 for a type of steady chanting and modulation. 67 00:03:38,639 --> 00:03:42,680 Such a thing does not take one's nature out of moderation." 68 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,159 How can one use that which occurred in a sound time, 69 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:48,159 with pure hearts, 70 00:03:48,159 --> 00:03:52,759 as an argument for these musical voices occurring in a corrupt time, 71 00:03:52,759 --> 00:03:56,030 with souls possessed by whims? 72 00:03:56,030 --> 00:03:59,150 This is nothing but a fallacy of understanding. 73 00:03:59,150 --> 00:04:01,469 Has it not been authentically reported in the hadith 74 00:04:01,509 --> 00:04:05,430 from ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, that she said: 75 00:04:05,430 --> 00:04:08,629 "If the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had seen 76 00:04:08,629 --> 00:04:10,469 what women have introduced, 77 00:04:10,469 --> 00:04:13,060 he would have forbidden them from the mosques." 78 00:04:13,060 --> 00:04:16,660 A jurist must weigh the circumstances, 79 00:04:16,660 --> 00:04:21,139 just as a doctor must weigh the time, age, and location, 80 00:04:21,139 --> 00:04:24,060 and then prescribe accordingly. 81 00:04:24,060 --> 00:04:28,500 And where is the singing that the Ansar spoke of on the day of Bu'ath 82 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:32,740 compared to the singing of a beardless youth, enhanced by pleasant instruments, 83 00:04:32,740 --> 00:04:35,579 and a craft that draws the soul toward it, 84 00:04:35,579 --> 00:04:39,259 with love poetry mentioning the gazelle and the beloved, 85 00:04:39,259 --> 00:04:42,860 and the mole, the cheek, the stature, and the grace? 86 00:04:42,860 --> 00:04:45,220 Can one's nature remain steady there? 87 00:04:45,220 --> 00:04:46,459 Far from it! 88 00:04:46,459 --> 00:04:49,579 Rather, one is stirred with longing for the pleasurable, 89 00:04:49,579 --> 00:04:52,420 and no one would claim not to find that 90 00:04:52,420 --> 00:04:56,939 except a liar or someone outside the bounds of humanity. 91 00:04:56,980 --> 00:05:01,939 Furthermore, this recreation that the Prophet, peace be upon him, permitted, 92 00:05:01,939 --> 00:05:05,300 and guided ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, to, 93 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:08,300 is only for the occasion of a wedding. 94 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:13,220 Therefore, the scholars agreed on its permissibility at a wedding feast. 95 00:05:13,220 --> 00:05:15,139 Ibn Battal says: 96 00:05:15,139 --> 00:05:19,860 "The scholars agreed on the permissibility of entertainment at a wedding feast, 97 00:05:19,860 --> 00:05:22,139 such as beating the tambourine and the like, 98 00:05:22,139 --> 00:05:24,420 as long as it is not forbidden." 99 00:05:24,420 --> 00:05:28,860 The feast was specified for this so that the marriage becomes known and publicized, 100 00:05:28,860 --> 00:05:31,939 thus establishing its rights and sanctity. 101 00:05:31,939 --> 00:05:35,660 This type of entertainment is a characteristic of women 102 00:05:35,660 --> 00:05:38,459 and is not in the nature of men. 103 00:05:38,459 --> 00:05:41,779 Therefore, Ibn Hajar, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 104 00:05:41,779 --> 00:05:43,819 "The strong hadiths 105 00:05:43,819 --> 00:05:46,500 contain permission for this for women, 106 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:49,060 so men should not be included with them, 107 00:05:49,060 --> 00:05:52,540 due to the general prohibition against imitating them." 108 00:05:52,540 --> 00:05:53,939 So where is this recreation 109 00:05:53,939 --> 00:05:57,420 compared to what we see today of debauchery at all times, 110 00:05:57,420 --> 00:06:01,459 and on every occasion, whether legitimate or innovated, 111 00:06:01,459 --> 00:06:06,220 while including forbidden things like alcohol, unveiled women, 112 00:06:06,220 --> 00:06:09,600 musical instruments, and free-mixing? 113 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,399 So, you who fasted Ramadan and stood in its nights, 114 00:06:13,399 --> 00:06:17,720 do not ruin your Eid by committing what Allah has forbidden, 115 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,220 for then Allah will be displeased with you. 116 00:06:20,220 --> 00:06:24,620 I ask Allah to accept righteous deeds from us all, 117 00:06:24,620 --> 00:06:28,660 and to make our Eid blessed for us all. 118 00:06:28,660 --> 00:06:33,379 It is enough for us to rejoice in the blessing Allah bestowed upon us by allowing us to reach Ramadan, 119 00:06:33,379 --> 00:06:36,860 and granting us the success to fast and pray during it. 120 00:06:36,860 --> 00:06:40,459 We will continue in a future meeting, if Allah wills. 121 00:06:40,459 --> 00:06:46,550 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 122 00:06:46,550 --> 00:06:50,189 Our Mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her.