Is Music Haraam?

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Re: Music is Haraam

Greetings,

The aayaat and ahaadeeth that warn against singing and musical instruments are many indeed.

I've seen several ahadith that make the impermissibility of musical instruments clear, but no verses from the Qur'an. Why do I see the above claim so often if there are in fact no verses from the Qur'an which forbid musical instruments?

Peace
 
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This is one of those topics that can go on forever, I could say why I think listening to certain kind of musics is halal inshallah and there will be people who always come and argue against it, at the end of the day I hope I judged right and understood it right and by the way my final decision did not lay just upon the feeling in my heart that some music is halal i.e sammi yusuf.

I made my final choice on a scholor a very respected scholors words of wisdom as he obviously is a person knows more than me, and believe it or not, I do actually listen to scholors and respect them contrary to what some of you may think.

so all those who want to ban tvs and radios (yes all your ramadan radio stations who play music on the ads and Islam TV channels that play music) you all go ahead and have nothing to do with it, if you feel in your minds and hearts its ALL haram.

Meanwhile I made my decision with the best of intentions and let allah be my judge if Im wrong or right.

I respect peoples choice when they say we think , we say music is haram all of it, like I say we all got different eyes, and to be honest there are much bigger things I can think of to be bothered about than trying to make everyone disown or accept music. As long as we all accept laa ilaaha illallaahu wah-dahu laa shareeka lahu, wa muhammadan abduhu wa rasooluhu.

Just an after thought though, for those that think all music and music instruments are haram , how are you with people like me who believe that some of it is halal ?
 
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:w: Warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

Though I understand what you say and the view point in which you’re trying to portray, I don’t agree with you. This does not mean I’ll sit here and judge you, to be frankly honest I fear judging others, wallahi.

Now just because a musical song has things relevant to Islam does not mean it is lawful.

The majority of us here on this board are not qualified to pass our ijtihad, concluding something based solely on emotional attachment and desire for your judgment to be correct does not validate such view. Now most ulama agree that music is haram, and it is one thing to establish that music is unlawful and another thing to deny such majority agreed on fact.

There isn’t one of us that will say they have never encountered music, it is inevitable as I said before in my post. Nonetheless this is not the same as intentionally listening to music, waAllahu’3llim.

At the end of the day our 3mal only lies with the choices we make. If your conscience can allow you to do what you please then good for you. Personally I would rather be on the safe side rather than gabbling the chance that music may be lawful. Small sins will eventually become big.

Don’t mistake this post sister as me telling you off, or trying to push you towards how I see the issue. I’m sure you’re old enough to make your own choice. If my words have wronged please do forgive me, fee sabilillah.

May Allah (swt) guide all his slaves to the siratul mustakeen.
 
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ameen to your dua' sis and masha Allah a nice post.

i'd just like to point out that people keep mentioning the idea of 'having a good intention' and because the lyrix are halaal - that the rest of the music is too.


the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his beloved family) said; "From among my followers there will be some people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instruments, as lawful. And there will be some people who will stay near the side of a mountain and in the evening their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night and will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection."
(Bukhari Hadith: Volume 7, Book 69, Number 494)


now, by just referring to that hadith (which is proven authentic) - it is directly mentioned that some will say its permissible [when its not] and nowhere within that hadith does it say 'unless the person has a good intention' or 'if the lyrix are halaal'. and like the brothers and sisters have said earlier - we dont have the right to say whether its halaal unless we have evidence. Allah u a'lam, jazak Allah khayr.


wasalam o 'alykum warahmatulahi wabarakatuh.
 
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Salam all!
somehow this topic was not showing on my browser for sometime!
anyways now it is and I am answering it ~
i can cut n paste posts on post confirming my point of veiw? but that's not what i am here for... and that was not the reason i made that point!

i only seek guidance from Allah SWT... whom I submit to ...submit to please Him not the masses!

don't think i am being judgemental but most of the people i know beleive what they beleive in because they were told so..or should i put it this way were Brain washed like so!!
well to me
THE TRUTH HAS NO CONRADICTION!!

So Quran is basically the only truth i know for sure..
Allah SWT's pure words with absolutely no adultration as Allah Himself promised to save it!!
but the meaning they try to change from time to time to serve their own purposes ..
mostly to prove the ahadiths they are so stubbornly attached to.

well this my brothers and sisters is a very similar behaviour ..
the one we saw was common among ehle kitab

uhmm... let me remind you all now ...

compared to 1400 + years after the nazool of Quran only 500 + years before Prophet Mohammad( peace be upon him), Allah SWT gave hazarat Esa(PBUH) the prophacy and the BOOK, similar to Quran as Allah SWT says in Quran!!

Now I a pretty sure the common people of that time NEVER even thought in their DREAMS that THEIR SCHOLARS could change the words of ALLAH SWT himself from the Holly Book... just like today..
uhmm doesnt that sound familiar

They followed them blindly... and eventually !!!! we all know what happened.
Are we not doing what ahlekitab did?

they made things HARAM for them which ALLAH SWT never did.. making their lives more and more difficult just as Allah SWT said in Quran.

"All food was lawful to the children of Israel except that which Israel had forbidden to himself, before the Taurat was revealed.
Say: Bring then the Taurat and read it, if you are truthful. "
Surah AL-E-IMRAN verse 93..
and other places..
NOTE here too Allah is Asking them to bring the BOOK HE revealed as their proof??

anyways the thing for my concern is whether they are going to be excused for something they were not even directly involved in...i mean at that time too the whole authority of DEEN was with the SCHOLARS only ..

so should they be punished for something they were not even part of?
they just beleived what they were told ...
and then Quran gives me the light once agian!!

"He will say: "Enter ye in the company of the peoples who passed away before you - men and jinns, - into the Fire." Every time a new people enters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the last about the first: "Our Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty in the Fire." He will say: "Doubled for all" : but this ye do not understand. "
Surah Al Araf, verse 38..

and yet another place even for prophet Allah SWT says..

"O Prophet! Why holdest thou to be forbidden that which Allah has made lawful to thee? Thou seekest to please thy consorts. But Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. "
Surah AT-TAHRIM verse number 1

I think i made my point.

Now for people who say as bukhari being 100% truth ...
prove my point only..
they are making comparing Allah's words with men's...let alone thinkin it is wajib!!
to me dear all, that is a shirk that i will never submit to, inshahAllah.

Us and them will be responsible for our acts and for NOT THINKING RATIONALLY!

Now I AM NOT DENYING THE IMPORTANCE SUNNAH! ( i know i am shouting this out)

DO NOT try to mix two things here..
I beleive and this belief, by the way too comes from Quran itself ,that whatever Prophet (Mohammad(PBUH)
said and did was nothing BUT Quran!!
his life was nothing but delivering Allah's message and explaining it with his actions and words..so did what his campanians did.
BUT how can someone guarentee that every thing he did and said came absolutly unadultrated to us???

well i have read a lot about he authenticity of the ahadiths and all!!
but the point remains...

The fact of the matter is that the companians most dearest and closest to him never put an effort in recording his sayings but all efforts were made to preserve Quran and QURAN only!!

could there be a reason that while Quran was being compiled in form of a book efforts should have been made to compile all these UTHENTIC AHADITHS in form of a book too??

WHY Allah SWT only promised to preserve and save His book only????

WHAT was the NEED of SAVING The Quran Only??

and above WHAT was the purpose of Quran??

Did anyone even bother reading and thinking over it??

for those who quote ayats of Quran to follow and obey the prophet ..
well whose denying that??
but to follow blindly wiothout thinking that teh message is actually going against what Allah SWT tells us in Quran?

how can we even atribute these thing to prophet PBUH ..
which is actually undermining prophet's himself?
Just to prove we are more worth than any others and oNly who follows US is the one who'll be successfull and none other and go at the lenght of even changing the meaning of Quran just to prov your point!!

WELL who gave you this authority anyways not Allah SWt and then certainly NOT prophet PBUH!!

Are we not EXACTLY following our ansestors,
the prior ahle kitab making sections among our own Ummah each with a SAHIH Hadith backing them and completly deviating from the real message of Allah SWT

"Wae' tae' semoo behablillah e jameeun wala tafarraqoo"

What is this ALLAH'S ROPE but Quran??
l
How are we giving Allah SWT His HAQ???


"Say: "Bring forward your witnesses to prove that Allah did forbid so and so." If they bring such witnesses, be not thou amongst them: Nor follow thou the vain desires of such as treat our signs as falsehoods, and such as believe not in the Hereafter: for they hold others as equal with their Guardian-Lord. "
Surah AL-ANAAM verse 150

you think here Allah SWt meant to bring their dead ansesters who misguided them?

and yet again..

"Say: the things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to Allah, for which He hath given no authority; and saying things about Allah of which ye have no knowledge. "
Surah AL-ARAF verse number 33

i'll come back agian inshahAllah!

jazakAllah khair!
 
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:w: Warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

I’d like to firstly say that although you try and make logicality of the issue, you fail to understand the point I made above. Perhaps you didn’t read certain posts due to their logicality or what ever reason which is understandable.


i only seek guidance from Allah SWT... whom I submit to ...submit to please Him not the masses!

Good, and so do many.





So Quran is basically the only truth i know for sure..

Doubt does not always stay as being harmless.The shaytan is more deceiving than we presume.


Allah SWT's pure words with absolutely no adultration as Allah Himself promised to save it!!
but the meaning they try to change from time to time to serve their own purposes ..
mostly to prove the ahadiths they are so stubbornly attached to.



Alright perhaps you’re not consciously aware of the implication and the danger of making such statement. People who give out fatwa’s are not your usual brother from the street who lead a double life and wish to only pass ijtihad to make them ‘cool’. We are talking about well versed scholars. So please be wary of what you say. Verily Allah (swt) will hold us to what we have uttered and written which might be fabrication.

These scholars don’t just pass judgment because they had nothing to do. You have to study the deen in depth, and there is so much to do before you even consider passing your ijtihad. Even then you require substantial evidence from Qur’an or hadeeth to back it up.







compared to 1400 + years after the nazool of Quran only 500 + years before Prophet Mohammad( peace be upon him), Allah SWT gave hazarat Esa(PBUH) the prophacy and the BOOK, similar to Quran as Allah SWT says in Quran!!



Sorry but I fail to understand the point you’re trying to make, can you re-phrase it please?



Now I a pretty sure the common people of that time NEVER even thought in their DREAMS that THEIR SCHOLARS could change the words of ALLAH SWT himself from the Holly Book... just like today..


I’m sorry but your point has no valid substance to back it up. Are you accusing well versed scholars of manipulating and altering the meaning of the Qur’an to suit them? Astagfirullah. Perhaps I misunderstood your point.








they made things HARAM for them which ALLAH SWT never did.. making their lives more and more difficult just as Allah SWT said in Quran.

No, there is evidence to prove that music is haram; this does not make the ruling unlawful and contradictory to the teaching because there is evidence. In addition there is a hadeeth where the prophet (pbuh) says that if you’re unsure of something, refrain from it. So would it actually kill us if we listened to what the prophet (pbuh) said? Seriously I don’t think I’d die if I was banned from listening to Eminem or who ever. On the contrary I might use that time to read the Qur’an, get ajar and benefit from it.






NOTE here too Allah is Asking them to bring the BOOK HE revealed as their proof??

Can you refrain from using ayat from the Qur’an which is really irrelevant but is being used simply to emphasize on your ideology please? Barakallahu feek.



anyways the thing for my concern is whether they are going to be excused for something they were not even directly involved in...i mean at that time too the whole authority of DEEN was with the SCHOLARS only ..

so should they be punished for something they were not even part of?
they just beleived what they were told ...

Erm, I don’t understand what you mean.





I think i made my point.

I disagree; I fail to grasp your point. you think music is halal?



Now for people who say as bukhari being 100% truth ...

No one says that, certain hadeeth’s may not be 100% authentic….depending on what hadeeth we are talking about and who narrated it.




they are making comparing Allah's words with men's...let alone thinkin it is wajib!!

No brother, The prophet (pbuh) used to pray ethneyn (8)rakah for taraweeh and then witr. Nonetheless the prophet’s (pbuh) companion allowed in his time for people to 21/23 rakah’s. Does those mea we’re not following Allah (swt) command?

to me dear all, that is a shirk that i will never submit to, inshahAllah.


Also accusing fellow Muslims as mushreekeen is a very dangerous thing.

Us and them will be responsible for our acts and for NOT THINKING RATIONALLY!

Now I AM NOT DENYING THE IMPORTANCE SUNNAH! ( i know i am shouting this out)

DO NOT try to mix two things here..
I beleive and this belief, by the way too comes from Quran itself ,that whatever Prophet (Mohammad(PBUH)
said and did was nothing BUT Quran!!
his life was nothing but delivering Allah's message and explaining it with his actions and words..so did what his campanians did.
BUT how can someone guarentee that every thing he did and said came absolutly unadultrated to us???

well i have read a lot about he authenticity of the ahadiths and all!!
but the point remains...

The fact of the matter is that the companians most dearest and closest to him never put an effort in recording his sayings but all efforts were made to preserve Quran and QURAN only!!

could there be a reason that while Quran was being compiled in form of a book efforts should have been made to compile all these UTHENTIC AHADITHS in form of a book too??

WHY Allah SWT only promised to preserve and save His book only????

WHAT was the NEED of SAVING The Quran Only??

and above WHAT was the purpose of Quran??

Did anyone even bother reading and thinking over it??

for those who quote ayats of Quran to follow and obey the prophet ..
well whose denying that??
but to follow blindly wiothout thinking that teh message is actually going against what Allah SWT tells us in Quran?

how can we even atribute these thing to prophet PBUH ..
which is actually undermining prophet's himself?
Just to prove we are more worth than any others and oNly who follows US is the one who'll be successfull and none other and go at the lenght of even changing the meaning of Quran just to prov your point!!

WELL who gave you this authority anyways not Allah SWt and then certainly NOT prophet PBUH!!

Are we not EXACTLY following our ansestors,
the prior ahle kitab making sections among our own Ummah each with a SAHIH Hadith backing them and completly deviating from the real message of Allah SWT

"Wae' tae' semoo behablillah e jameeun wala tafarraqoo"

What is this ALLAH'S ROPE but Quran??
l
How are we giving Allah SWT His HAQ???


"Say: "Bring forward your witnesses to prove that Allah did forbid so and so." If they bring such witnesses, be not thou amongst them: Nor follow thou the vain desires of such as treat our signs as falsehoods, and such as believe not in the Hereafter: for they hold others as equal with their Guardian-Lord. "
Surah AL-ANAAM verse 150

you think here Allah SWt meant to bring their dead ansesters who misguided them?

and yet again..

"Say: the things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to Allah, for which He hath given no authority; and saying things about Allah of which ye have no knowledge. "
Surah AL-ARAF verse number 33

To be honest I am not qualified to answer most of the questions you have asked. Having said that, I would just like to state that what do you lose from not listening to music?

Anyways, don’t confuse my direct approach to your post as a way of attacking you brother, nor was my aim in this post to make my words seem harsh and cold. It is the month of Ramadan and I hope if I have said anything that may have offended you that you’ll have it in your heart to forgive me. I’m not immune to sinning.

Oh my Lord protect us from the whispering shaytan, guard our hearts from corruptions and never let us stray from the straight path. The path of those you have bestowed favors upon. Make us neither amongst the strayed nor those who earned your anger. Don’t deprive us from your mercy ya rabb.
 
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Greetings,

salehah said:
compared to 1400 + years after the nazool of Quran only 500 + years before Prophet Mohammad( peace be upon him), Allah SWT gave hazarat Esa(PBUH) the prophacy and the BOOK, similar to Quran as Allah SWT says in Quran!!

Just to be clear, what book did Allah give to Esa?

Silver Pearl said:
Having said that, I would just like to state that what do you lose from not listening to music?

I would say you'd lose many valuable aesthetic experiences by not listening to music, just like if you stopped watching films or reading works of literature - but that's just my view.

Peace
 
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Re: Music is Haraam

Greetings,



I've seen several ahadith that make the impermissibility of musical instruments clear, but no verses from the Qur'an. Why do I see the above claim so often if there are in fact no verses from the Qur'an which forbid musical instruments?

Peace
It is required that Muslims follows the teachings of the Prophet (pbuh) (through the ahadith) because he is an example of how Muslims should interpret and follow the Quran. The Quran does not give specific details because it is a book of principles. That is why Muslims rely on the prophet's (pbuh) teachings and actions.

Peace
 
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Greetings,
Allah gave Isa (as) the Injeel or the Bible.

Do you mean the Old Testament, or the revelations Esa is supposed to have had, which were not necessarily written down in his lifetime?

You obviously don't mean the Bible as we know it today, since all of the New Testament was written after Esa's death. The gospel of Mark is usually seen as being the earliest book of the N.T., having been written around 70 A.D., i.e. over 30 years after Esa's death.

Peace
 
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meaning the gospel.

I am like I said, bowing out of this debate now I said my thoughts in it, and I accept that there is a difference of opinion in this subject, Salehah I agree with your point and understood what you meant.

Salam Alykum
 
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Greetings,


Do you mean the Old Testament, or the revelations Esa is supposed to have had, which were not necessarily written down in his lifetime?

You obviously don't mean the Bible as we know it today, since all of the New Testament was written after Esa's death. The gospel of Mark is usually seen as being the earliest book of the N.T., having been written around 70 A.D., i.e. over 30 years after Esa's death.

Peace
True, my mistake, I meant the Gospel.
 
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Greetings,
True, my mistake, I meant the Gospel.

I think we may be misunderstanding each other here.

The gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) were written (by humans) after the death of Esa, so I don't see how Allah could have given them to him.

Do you use the word "Gospel" to mean the revelations Esa is supposed to have received from Allah?

I realise we have drifted off-topic here, so to bring it back:

I understand that the ahadith can be used for guidance, but I have seen the claim made that the Qur'an forbids musical instruments; however I have not seen any verses from the Qur'an that explicitly state this.

Peace
 
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Greetings,
Greetings,

The gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) were written (by humans) after the death of Esa, so I don't see how Allah could have given them to him.

Do you use the word "Gospel" to mean the revelations Esa is supposed to have received from Allah?
“And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the GOSPEL of the kingdom...” (Matthew 9:35)

That is what is being referred to here. The Injeel revealed to Prophet Jesus (as) was not necessarily a written revelation, but it was certainly what he was preaching. More info here:
Gospel of Jesus

As for the topic of this thread, I'm not going to repeat what I've already said, so I'm just going to provide the links to where I've elaborated on the issue in previous discussions, but first, here is the book that discusses the evidences on the subject in detail:
http://members.tripod.com/oum_abdulaziz/music1.html

Discussion on the rationale behind Islam's stance on Music
Ansar Al-'Adl, czgibson, Ansar Al-'Adl, czgibson, Ansar Al-'Adl, czgibson, Ansar Al-'Adl [Explains the consensus on the issue amongst Muslims], czgibson.

Discussion on music as an important aspect of culture
Ansar Al-'Adl, czgibson, Ansar Al-'Adl, czgibson, Ansar Al-'Adl, czgibson, Ansar Al-'Adl, czgibson, Ansar Al-'Adl, czgibson, Muezzin, czgibson, Muezzin.

I hope this helps.
Regards
 
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Greetings,


I think we may be misunderstanding each other here.

The gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) were written (by humans) after the death of Esa, so I don't see how Allah could have given them to him.

Do you use the word "Gospel" to mean the revelations Esa is supposed to have received from Allah?

Peace
I'm sorry I confused you, I should have clarified.The book (Injeel) of Prophet Esa (pbuh) is supposed to have the exact revelations he received from Allah. I'm not sure if the gospels have his exact words from Allah in them.
The links brother Ansar provided should be helpful.


Peace.
 
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Salam everyone!!

thank you for you kind note "eyes of mine"!
hope many read my post and the answers or refutal by sis silver pearl that will even clarify my points more inshahAllah! :)

It's amazing how people just refuse to understand simple things...
but then i know this big thing thats the hinderance ..

it's only Allah SWT who guides those who seek guidance.
I have no more to say on this topic but if anyone is interested in knowing about the rulings regarding music within itself is not haram, i can give the links..
but still .. again that will be just another verdict from some more Ulemas.

I just pray Allah guide us all to see the real truth .. and still stand by my point of veiw ..:statisfie

The truth DOES NOT have CONTRADICTION!!

jazakAllahulkhair!

P.S.
personally for now I am happy n thankful to Allah the great that i am still on this forum .. :smile:
 
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The truth DOES NOT have CONTRADICTION!!

Interesting that an Ahmadi I had talked to once insisted on the same as well...'truth' is quite subjective and I don't understand how one who had *seen the truth* always claim they are not brainwashed but everyone else is!!!

Saehah, why dont you share the links you have got?
 
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Explanation from Sheikh Ibn Baz

Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) said in Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 3/423-424:

"Ma'aazif refers to singing and musical instruments. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us that at the end of time there will come a people who will allow these things just as they will allow alcohol, zina and silk. This is one of the signs of his Prophethood, for all of this has happened. The hadeeth indicates that [musical instruments] are haram (prohibited)and condemns those who say they are halal (permissible), just as it condemns those who say that alcohol and zina are allowed., The aayaat and ahaadeeth that warn against singing and musical instruments are many indeed. Whoever claims that Allaah has allowed singing and musical instruments is lying and is committing a great evil. We ask Allaah to keep us from obeying our desires and the Shaytaan. Even worse and more seriously sinful than that are those who say it is mustahabb. Undoubtedly this stems from ignorance about Allaah and His Religion; it is insolent blasphemy against Allaah and lying about His Laws.

www.muttaqun.com/music.html
 
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Explanation from Sheikh Ibn Baz

Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) said in Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 3/423-424:

"Ma'aazif refers to singing and musical instruments. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us that at the end of time there will come a people who will allow these things just as they will allow alcohol, zina and silk. This is one of the signs of his Prophethood, for all of this has happened. The hadeeth indicates that [musical instruments] are haram (prohibited)and condemns those who say they are halal (permissible), just as it condemns those who say that alcohol and zina are allowed., The aayaat and ahaadeeth that warn against singing and musical instruments are many indeed. Whoever claims that Allaah has allowed singing and musical instruments is lying and is committing a great evil. We ask Allaah to keep us from obeying our desires and the Shaytaan. Even worse and more seriously sinful than that are those who say it is mustahabb. Undoubtedly this stems from ignorance about Allaah and His Religion; it is insolent blasphemy against Allaah and lying about His Laws.

www.muttaqun.com/music.html

:sl:
JzakAllah brother
 
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