Renting Men Group Playing Music and Singing in Wedding Party

Renting Men Group Playing Music and Singing in Wedding Party

What is hukm (islamic rule) for renting men group of music for singing in wedding party which they only play with tambourine in the special closed room without mixing with women?

Verily, to play the tambourine in wedding party is permissible, but it may be preferred according to Sunnah, for the Prophet (Pbuh) said : “The difference between Halal (Lawful) and Haram (Forbidden) is using tambourine and sound in the wedding party.” (Narrated by Ahmad, Tirmithi, Nasaee and Ibnu Majah, and it’s Hasan).

And it used in the prophet period that those who play the tambourine are Jawar (Young Girls) or women, but it’s not known of men playing the tambourine in that period and it’s denied by the Islamic Law as Ibn Hajar said in his book “Al-Fath” because it’s act of resembling woman and its denial also to avoid mixing of men and women in the same place.