Question
A wedding function is held in a hall where there is a mixed gathering of men and women who are dressed un-Islamically. Photography, videoing and sinful acts are committed. In one corner of the hall a section has been set aside for guests who observe purdah. This section is enclosed. An Aalim who attended this function says that it is permissible to be present as long as one is in the private section. A senior Mufti of a Darul Uloom says that it is permissible to attend if one will be seated in the separate section. Is this fatwa correct?
Answer
Both the jaahil so-called 'aalim' and the 'senior mufti' are in grievous error. They are trapped in shaitaani deception known as Talbeesul Iblees. The fatwa of the Darul Uloom's mufti is baseless. In none of the texts cited by the Mufti is there any scope for permissibility for an Aalim or even a layman to knowingly attend a wedding function in a mal-oon (accursed) hall even if they provide separate seating
for him. The very hall in which all the haraam activities are taking place is mal-oon. La'nat settles on all the participants. Any separate seating in a cordoned off corner is likewise under the la'nat of Allah Ta'ala.
When the Aalim is aware of the fisq and fujoor that will be taking place in the hall, then it is haraam for him to attend. His participation accords acceptability and respectability to sin and transgression. The fatwa of the Darul Uloom has no validity in the Shariah.
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- The Majlis Vol 23 No 11
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