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Is it permissible for a wife to dance in front of her husband to women's anasheed with the daff, or to men's anasheed without the daff, while each can hear the other's voice? And can the hadith of Buraydah be used as evidence for the permissibility of that?

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A man listening to female singers is absolutely impermissible, due to Ibn al-Qayyim's statement: "Listening to singing from a foreign woman or an uninitiated youth is among the greatest of forbidden acts." It is permissible for men to listen to women who are not professional singers at occasions such as weddings, provided there is no fear of temptation, and the singing is free from musical instruments and softness in speech. The hadith is interpreted in light of this. As for a woman listening to a foreign man's singing, it is permissible under the aforementioned conditions, which are the absence of temptation and freedom from reprehensible acts. Regarding a woman dancing for her husband, there is no harm in it as long as it is not accompanied by something forbidden like music or similar things.

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