What did the Prophet (PBUH) say about the weddings of the Children of Israel?"
- It is said that when the Prophet (pbuh) ran across with a wedding of someone from Sons of Israel, they stopped playing the musical instruments; thereupon, he said, "Why do you not go on? This is your own culture." Is it true?
- Is there a hadith about it?
Dear Brother / Sister,
We have not been able to find any information about a wedding of someone from Sons of Israel. However, there are some hadiths about games and entertainment. One of them is as follows:
Hz. Aisha narrates:
"Some Abyssinians were playing in the mosque. (According to a narration, they were playing with their spears.) The Prophet (pbuh) had covered me with his garment and I was watching them. Hz. Umar started to scold them. The Prophet (pbuh) said to them, "O Sons of Arfida (Abyssinians)! Go on playing." (see Bukhari, Salah, 69, Idayn, 25; Jihad, 79; Muslim, Idayn, 17-21; Nasai; Idayn, 35).
In some narrations, when the Prophet (pbuh) saw that Hz. Umar started to scold them, he said, "O Umar! Let them play. They are Sons of Arfida (Abyssinians)." (Muslim; Nasai, ibid)
According to the narration by Sarraj, the Prophet (pbuh) added the following:
"Let the Jews see this and realize that our religion is a religion of tolerance and that I have been sent with such a tolerant religion of oneness." (see Ibn Hajar, Fathul-Bari, II/444)
The issue related to Sons of Israel in the question might have originated from the last version of the narration. However, the phrase musical instruments is not included in the hadith.
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