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Answered as per Hanafi Fiqh by Fatwa.org.au
Is it permissible to do Raqs and are there any hadiths on the subject?

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Dancing is prohibited by consensus of all the fuqaha (jurists).

(Shaami: vol. 6 pg. 396, Darul Ma’rifa; Tahtaawi: pg. 319, Al-Ilmiyya)

And Allah knows best.

Mufti Faizal Riza
12/3/2012

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It is operated by Mufti Faizal Riza, a student of Mufti Ebrahim Desai from South Africa.