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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
بيان موانع النكاحExplanation of Impediments to Marriage
باب اعلانِ النِّكَاحِ وَاللَّهْوِ فِيهِ وَالضَّرْبِ بِالدُّتِChapter: Announcing the Marriage, Entertainment in It, and Beating the Duff
Hadith 7064
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي بَلْجٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَاطِبٍ الْجُمَحِيِّ إِنِّي قَدْ تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ لَمْ يُضْرَبْ عَلَيَّ بِدُفٍّ قَالَ بِئْسَمَا صَنَعْتَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ فَصْلَ مَا بَيْنَ الْحَلَالِ وَالْحَرَامِ الصَّوْتُ يَعْنِي الضَّرْبَ بِالدُّفِّ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ فَصْلُ مَا بَيْنَ الْحَلَالِ وَالْحَرَامِ الدُّفُّ وَالصَّوْتُ فِي النِّكَاحِ
Abu Balj says: I said to Muhammad bin Hatib Jumahi: I have married two women and no duff was played for me. He said: You have done wrong. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The distinction between halal and haram is the sound, that is, playing the duff. In another narration it is: The thing that distinguishes between halal and haram is playing the duff and making sound.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In our Shari‘ah, at the time of marriage, after the consent of the guardian (wali), the groom, and the bride, the condition of at least two witnesses has been stipulated. As for what the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is mentioning in this hadith, these are matters of recommendation (istihbab), meaning it is better that, on the occasion of marriage, there should be some festivity, the duff (hand drum) should be played, and permissible songs and words may be recited, so that the news of the marriage reaches far and wide and people may also rejoice.
