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If a person sings among some people dancing, will this singing be an instance of ghina?
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If a person sings among some people dancing, will this singing be an instance of ghina? (My marja: Ayatullah Khamenei)
Concise answer
Ghina denotes a kind of singing accompanied by vocal undulation and tarab (rapture) so that it is suitable for gatherings of lahw and sin – it is haram and both singing and listening to it is haram.[1]
According to this definition of ghina, the singing mentioned in the question falls under its category and will be haram.
For further information, you can refer to Questions 3553 (site: 3807), 3410 (site: 3659) and 17145 (site: 16865).
[1] Tawdih al-Masa’il (annotated by Imam Khomeini), vol. 2, pp. 963-964. (The section on the religious inquiries from Ayatullah Khamenei).
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