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—provided there is explicit permission1 or some contextual indication.
If he knows that a wrongdoing will occur and he is able to change it, he should attend and remove it2; otherwise, he must refuse. Should he attend and then discover it3, he must eliminate it; if it continues because he is unable4 to do so, he should withdraw. If he is aware of it but neither sees nor hears it, he may choose whether or not to attend.
Scattering coins or sweets (al-nithār) and picking them up is discouraged5, yet whatever a person takes—or whatever falls into his lap—belongs to him.
It is a sunnah to announce the marriage and for women to beat the tambourine (daff) on that occasion.
(1) The manuscript “M” and the commentary read: mutawakkifah (“pending”).
(2) The manuscripts “B” and “M” add: wa-ghayruhu (“and other than it”).
(3) Manuscript “M” and the commentary add: bihi (“by it”).
(4) Manuscript “M” and the commentary add: ʿanhu (“from him”), while manuscript “B” reads: al-ʿajz (“inability”).
(5) Manuscript “M” and the commentary add: wa-kurih (“and it is deemed disliked”).
تتوقف١ على "صريح" إذن "أو قرينة".
وإن علم أن ثم منكرا يقدر على تغييره حضر وغير٢ وإلا أبى وإن حضر ثم علم٣ أزاله فإن دام لعجزه٤ عنه انصرف وإن علم به ولم يره ولم يسمعه خير.
ويكره٥ النثار والتقاطه "ومن أخذه" أو وقع في حجره فله.
ويسن إعلان النكاح والدف فيه "للنساء".
١في "م" واشرح: متوقفة.
٢في "ب" و "م": وغيره.
٣في "م" وكذلك الشرح زيادة: به.
٤في "م" وكذلك الشرح زيادة: عنه، وفي "ب": العجز.
٥في "م" وكذلك الشرح: وكره.