Is it permissible to attend family gatherings at which innovations take place
Question: Whenever my family have any occasion (gathering) such as a wedding, circumcision or funeral, in the wedding and circumcision celebrations they use a drum and make ululations of joy, and on the occasion of a death they wail in an outrageous fashion. So is it right for me to go to these gatherings or not when they practice these innovations?
Response: It is not permissible for you to go to a gathering in which these evil actions take place, unless you are able to (interfere and) put a stop to these innovations and advise them and teach them in a good manner. (If you are able to do this,) then go and enjoin the good and forbid the evil, (otherwise, it is not permissible for you to go).
And with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.
The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Verdicts, comprising –
Head: Shaykh ‘Abdul ‘Azeez Ibn Abdullaah Ibn Baaz;
Deputy Head: Shaykh ‘Abdur-Razzaaq ‘Afeefee;
Member: Shaykh ‘Abdullaah Ibn Ghudayyaan
Member: Shaykh ‘Abdullaah Ibn Qu’ood
Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-‘Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa., – Volume 12, Page 364, Question 6 of Fatwa No.5666
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