The Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwas About “Dancing”

Question: Some schools in the West make it obligatory that their male and female students learn dancing. This dancing is neither accompanied by the common song, nor is it for entertainment; it is part of the educational curriculum. So, is it Harãm for the parents to allow their sons and daughters to attend such classes?

Question 1: Is it permissible for a wife to dance for her husband with music or without music?

Question 2: Is it permissible for women to dance in front of other women or for men to dance in front of other men in a gender-wise segregated gathering?

Question 3: Is it permissible to organise dance parties where each husband dances only with his own wife wearing dresses that are not indecent?

Question 4: Is it permissible for me as a female to attend dancing lessons in female only classes?