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bayhaqi:14694Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muʿallá b. Manṣūr > Hushaym > Abū Balj > Muḥammad b. Ḥāṭib

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ : "There is a separation between what is permissible and what is forbidden, which is the sound and beating of the drums during marriage." And Abu Abdul Rahman As-Sulami informed us, narrating from Abu Al-Hasan Al-Karizi, narrating from Ali Ibn Abdul Aziz, from Abu Ubaid, from Hushaym, that this was mentioned to him, except that he (the Prophet) said: "And the beating of drums during marriage." Abu Ubaid said: "Some people have claimed that the drum is a language, and the narration is with a fatha (vowel marking of "a" sound), and as for the saying 'the sound,' some people interpret it as referring to listening, and this is incorrect. As for its meaning according to us, it is the announcement of marriage and the disturbance caused by the sound and mentioning among the people. And for this reason, Umar said..."  

البيهقي:١٤٦٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ نا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ نا هُشَيْمٌ ثنا أَبُو بَلْجٍ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاطِبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَصْلٌ بَيْنَ الْحَلَالِ وَالْحَرَامِ الصَّوْتُ وَضَرْبُ الدُّفِّ فِي النِّكَاحِ 14695 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ أنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْكَارِزِيُّ نا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ نا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْعَنَ فَذَكَرَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَالدُّفُّ فِي النِّكَاحِ قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ قَدْ زَعَمَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ أَنَّ الدُّفَّ لُغَةً وَالْخَبَرُ بِالْفَتْحِ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ الصَّوْتُ فَبَعْضُ النَّاسِ يَذْهَبُ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاعِ وَهَذَا خَطَأٌ وَفِيمَا مَعْنَاهُ عِنْدَنَا إِعْلَانُ النِّكَاحِ وَاضْطِرَابُ الصَّوْتِ بِهِ وَالذِّكْرُ فِي النَّاسِ وَلِذَلِكَ قَالَ عُمَرُ