Eating at a Wedding Where There Is Music

Question

What about going and eating the meal at a wedding where music is played? And if the music is stopped before the meal, what then? May one eat or not?

Answer

If it is known beforehand about a wedding that there will be amusement and play (lahw and la‘ib), music and the like, then attending that wedding and eating the meal is not permissible. If it was not known beforehand and one learns of it on arriving there, and at the time of the meal there is no music and the like, then there is leeway for the common people; but a person who…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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