People can dance, the Question is, is this Act permitted in Islam? and the answer is No.
Dancing , like singing ridiculous songs, leads people into a state of frenzied ecstasy, such Pointless absurd acts are not permitted in Islam.
Prevention is better than Cure.
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A “modern” Islamic couple, preparing for a religious wedding meets with their Mullah for counseling.
The Mullah asks if they have any last questions before they leave. The man asks “We realize it’s tradition in Islam for men to dance with men, and women to dance with women. But, at our wedding reception, we’d like your permission to dance together.”
“Absolutely not” says the Mullah. “It’s immoral. Men and women always dance separately.”
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"Dancing, like singing ridiculous songs, leads people into a state of frenzied ecstasy"
Oh no! Not happiness!
"Pointless absurd acts are not permitted in Islam."
No prayers for you!
And what do you have against the Cure?
I guess that Osama Bin Laden dances a lot, eh?. And by the way, you're insulting your brothers the Dervishes in Sudan. Be careful!!(and where does the belly dance come from, by the way?)
like singing ridiculous songs, leads people into a state of frenzied ecstasy
I believe we have found the fundies' weak spot!
Yes frenzied ecstasy is only allowed for Christ Allah.
Because if it wasn't for those pent up emotions, how the hell else could you keep them in line.
Dancing is not prohibited in the Quran. probably some fundie cleric was told no when he asked a pretty girl to dance at a family wedding, and then decided if he couldn't dance, then he would spread a lie that 'it's not allowed'.
Now, I do believe that anyone who dances like a monkey should stay seated, and leave the dancing to those who can do it.
@Malfist: "That's a flat out lie, read the Qur'an"
Well, why don't you quote the Koran for us?
@ "#463992
Music is not haram, drums are technically allowed (apparently Muhammad thought they were less "lewd.")"
The Prophet said (which means), "From among my followers there will be some people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instruments , as lawful. And there will be some people who will stay near the side of a mountain and in the evening their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allaah will destroy them during the night and will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection." [Al-Bukhari Volume 7, Book 69, Number 494v].
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As for weddings, the Daff (tambourine) can be used along with innocent singing that does not call to sin. This can be done at night, only in weddings and only by and for women. These songs are a way of announcing an Islaamic marriage. The Sunnah of the Prophet supports the above. As for the drums, they are Haram all the time. The Daffis permitted in weddings and only for and by women."
source:http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/1716/music.html
What size does a tambourine have to be before it becomes a drum? A bodhran is a drum so I guess it has to be smaller than that.
Because bashing your head on the ground five times a day, to the point that people get proud of their "prayer callouses" on their foreheads, isn't at all ridiculous or pointless in comparison to dancing.
"Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire" {Robert Lee Frost}.
I understand why fundies don't like it. It can lead to the EEBBIILL of LUUUUSSSTT!!! And if you'd ever seen the woman from my local Chinese takeaway dancing in front of the band in the pub opposite you'd know exactly what I mean ;-)
Loose, footloose
I will never understand how the two regions (India and the Middle East) of the world that have belly dancing as part of their culture can so repressed. I mean, yes, I know that the dance is not meant to be inherently sexual, but still. This jerk needs to loosen up.
I see a parallel with the 'merkin fundies and good fantasy.
The song and dance drowns out the native Quranic song and dance, and the mullahs are exposed as hideous performers.
No music or dancing? Oh no, that could be the end for Pepperland! Quickly, lads, we've got to show these Blu--er, Brown Meanies how we deal with this sort of thing! To the Yellow Submarine!
Everytime I hear a fundie- Baptist, Muslim, frigging Voodoo- decry anything that adds a little light to the lives of people, I have to ask why it is that these folks who claim to be loving and generous and full of joy want to make everything and everyone else as dull and grey and listless as a Ben Stein lecture on famous mycologists of 14th Century Bulgaria.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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