Ecstatic States (Hal) and Wajd

Question

At gatherings of sama‘ (listening [to Sufi chanting]) young women fall into an ecstatic state (hal), cling to their spiritual guide, and non-mahram men hold them up. What is the ruling of the noble Sacred Law concerning such matters?

Answer

All these matters are haram: [ar]وَأَمَّا الرَّقْصُ وَالتَّصْفِيقُ وَالصَّرِيخُ وَضَرْبُ الْأَوْتَارِ وَالصَّنْجِ وَالْبُوقِ الَّذِي يَفْعَلُهُ بَعْضُ مَنْ يَدَّعِي التَّصَوُّفَ فَإِنَّهُ حَرَامٌ بِالْإِجْمَاعِ لِأَنَّهَا زِيُّ الْكُفَّارِ كَمَا فِي سَكْبِ الْأَنْهُرِ[/ar] “As for dancing, clapping, shouting, playing stringed instruments, cymbals and the horn, which some of…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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