Question:
Suppose an inconsiderate gentile neighbor were listening to music at a fairly high volume on Shabbat, to the point that you could hear it on your own property. Would one be permitted to:
directly ask the neighbor to turn the music down (or would this be a forbidden form of requesting melacha for one’s own benefit
Answer:
It is permitted for the person to ask the gentile to turn down the volume of the speakers. The reason is because turning the volume down, is not more than a d’rabonon and if the music is bothering him it would be permitted for him to tell him to turn it down.
Best wishes
Additional reading:
- Amira Le-Akum in Pesik Reisha
- Asking a non-jew to ask another to do melacha on Shabbos
- Gentile manager at simcha on Shabbos
- If someone forgot to light a yahrtzeit candle Friday night can the goy be asked to light it?
- Laundry service making pickup on Shabbos
- amira lakum during bein hashmashos
- Asking gentile to plug in crock pot on Shabbos