Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بَلْجٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَاطِبٍ إِنِّي قَدْ تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ لَمْ يُضْرَبْ عَلَيَّ بِدُفٍّ قَالَ بِئْسَمَا صَنَعْتَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ فَصْلَ مَا بَيْنَ الْحَلَالِ وَالْحَرَامِ الصَّوْتُ يَعْنِي الضَّرْبَ بِالدُّفِّ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu Balj, who said: I said to Muhammad ibn Hatib: I have married two women without a tambourine being beaten for me. He said: You have done badly. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The distinction between what is lawful and what is unlawful is the sound - meaning the beating of the tambourine.