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Originally Posted by czgibson So is this the root of the Muslim attitude to music - it distracts people from the Qur'an?
So this is the crucial point then. You cannot be distracted from your religion. I am interested in religion of all kinds, but I am interested in many other things as well. |
I used the phrase "lead away from religion" as in they deviate one from the path of God into sin, and lessen their faith, as well as opening gates to many other evils. If the types of music you listed do not leads people to sin and do not have immoral content in them, from an Islamic perspective, then they're are not considered the same as the other types of music. Some scholars would say they are permissable, others discouraged, yet still others would maintain that they are forbidden. But you see, its all dependent on the music, some forms are worse than others.
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However, the fact that you consider them "outdated" appears to lessen your objection to them. Is it only new music that is haraam?
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new music is more obviously haraam than older music. Older forms of music are certainly not as bad.
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Why is Classical music worse than Baroque music? Why is jazz-funk worse than Dixieland jazz? Why is avant-blues worse than New Orleans swing?
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I think from the above discussion it should be clear that many forms of music would not be considered worse. There are levels of music, some worse than others.
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Have the Islamic scholars made rulings on these different styles?
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I'm not aware of any specific fatawa (religious rulings) that deal with such specific forms of music.
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Is religious music generally more effective?
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Maybe, but not always. I was referring to any possible methods other than music actually.
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