When and how did you give up Music?

[Ayesha Rana]

Yeah. And the words are gross. The prophet (saw) said that he would prefer us to fill our body with pus than all that junky jahiliyah poetry.

 

[Sohrab]

Asalamulaikum

Alhumdulillah I cudnt have put that better my self. wikid post.

Music is a distraction, have u often found ur self humming a tune without even thinking about it, have u ever had those days where u just cudnt get a tune out of ur head, i often have "if u like a lot of chocolate on ur biscuit join the club" tune stuck in my head and that annoys the crap out of me. even in namaz sometimes a tune can pop into my head n is a big huge massive cause of distraction.

you cant say music isnt addictive because it is, for those of u who still listen to music n the non muslims who cant understand why its banned in islam, ask ur self, or better yet try n stay without music for a month, u cant, u wnt be able to because its a part of ur life, n for some a huge massive part that u "cant live without" when ur angry u "need" to let some of that anger and frustration out so u blast some music, n wen u "need" relaxing u listen to music that soothes u. all this takes us away from the rememberence of Allah swt. instead of blasting a tune to soothe our anger the prophet saw has given us ways to overcome our temporary maddness, etc.

music is a distraction as well as a waste of money as well as a hollow moment.

music to me is like satans whispers. its like hes whispering my ears saying "come to me".

music and tv i think is the most hardest thing to giv up when starting to practice. but when uve stopped ur mind is free, ur mind doesnt feel cluttered or clouded. u can hear ur self think finaly, music is like a drug for those who cant live without it.

Alhamdulillah allazee hadaana li haaza, wa maa kunna linah tadiya lao laa hada nAllah.

Praise to Allah, who is the one who guided us to this (blessing), and we couldn't have made it ourselves had Allah not guided us.

 

[muslim_friend]

I wasn't addicted to music. but i always turned to music to relax myself. Must be a year or so since i stopped. I thought there was nothing wrong it.. "Hey, would Allah put me in hell for listening to rap? that's ridiculous".. this was my thinking at that time. I liked rap and rock music a lot. but whenever i listened to them, i used to feel sad and guilty, very guilty.. i simply couldn't explain why.the songs were nice and good music, but still i wasn't happy at all.

Then one day my friend, a christian invited me to a gospel concert, where they played christian songs. ok, let's have some fun i thought and without informing my parents, i went with him.. there i saw groups playing all sorts of music.. rock, rap.. everything. i couldn't yet understand why christians use music to worship, and then i took a look at the people next to me.. They looked like they were drunk, like on drugs!! My God.. what the hell is this? That made me think.. it became obvious to me that satan uses music as a tool.

I stopped listening to music later, the trip to the concert was like a wake up call.. but i was restless, i needed an alternative. I am proud.. because satan urged me so many times to listen to haraam music during that time and i refused. then one day, my mom brought home a cd by Yusuf Islam and friends. i had never known about nasheeds at that time. i listened to "road to madinah", a very beautiful song. For the first time in so many years, i had felt happy after listening to a song.. the song was beautiful.. the story of the Prophet's emigration.. the people of madinah.. simply awesome..

i still listen to nasheeds now and then, i use it for dhikr. then i turned to Qur'an..

 

[Ayesha Rana]

i still listen to nasheeds now and then, i use it for dhikr. then i turned to Qur'an..

You went the right way Bro. Alhamdu lillah.

 

[DaNgErOuS MiNdS]

i think it has been about 10 or 11 months for me aswell, I couldnt give it up staright away but managed to stop it gradually, even though it still plays at my work place but I dont put it on myself...

It is almost impossible to cpmpletly stay away from music if you are from where I am and also jusut because you might stop doesnt mean every else has but Allah helps those who help themselves...InshaAllah.

 

[Umm Yoosuf]

This sister told these true stories. Let me recall them to you to the best of my ability Insha Allah. May Allah forgive me if i make any mistakes.

Once a young youth whom loved to listen to music had a car crash together with his two friends in Saudi Arabia, when the ambulance crew came they reliesed that this brother was near to death so they tried to help him take the shahadah but he couldn't say it...all he could do was sing the tunes to the Music. Subhan Allah.

Likewise another young man got out of his car to get something from the back or fix something (Allah knows best) just as he was about to do that this car hit him out of nowhere until he was between the two cars like the likes of a sandwich. The ambulance crew came, and he (the young man) was humming this beautiful tune- they reliesed it was the Quran. They never heard of such a beautiful reaciation before. Subhan Allah. Just as he was near to death, they tried to help him say the shahadah. Say "la ilaha illallah!!! "...and he (the young man) carried on reciting the Quran. Later on in his own time he said "la ilaha illallah ".....He didn't require their help. Subhan Allah.

 

[DaNgErOuS MiNdS]

This sister told these true stories. Let me recall them to you to the best of my ability Insha Allah. May Allah forgive me if i make any mistakes.

Once a young youth whom loved to listen to music had a car crash together with his two friends in Saudi Arabia, when the ambulance crew came they reliesed that this brother was near to death so they tried to help him take the shahadah but he couldn't say it...all he could do was sing the tunes to the Music. Subhan Allah.

Likewise another young man got out of his car to get something from the back or fix something (Allah knows best) just as he was about to do that this car hit him out of nowhere until he was between the two cars like the likes of a sandwich. The ambulance crew came, and he (the young man) was humming this beautiful tune- they reliesed it was the Quran. They never heard of such a beautiful reaciation before. Subhan Allah. Just as he was near to death, they tried to help him say the shahadah. Say "la ilaha illallah!!! "...and he (the young man) carried on reciting the Quran. Later on in his own time he said "la ilaha illallah ".....He didn't require their help. Subhan Allah.

yeah i got that lecture. its good wake up call

 

[Uma Rayanah]

I gave up music waa alhmduliaah almost 3 years ago... on ma 18th birthday.... i wanted 2 change to become a better muslimah...

From dat day and on words... Alhmduliaah i cant complain... i have repleaced all my rubbish cds and tapes to Quranic tapes and nasheeds...

May Allah 4give me and 4give us all... Ameen..

 

[czgibson]

Greetings Maz,

Sumin i regret alot but as erm i kinda loved my rap/hop-hop/r'n'b and erm the lyrics say enough right? well Yeh and all they really talked about is gun culture/sex/drugs/violence and had no real meaning behind it so it was inevitable in a way i would open ma eyes and stop listening to it cause when you think bout the lyrics well 'nuff said!

It seems that you object to the lyrics of certain performers rather than music itself...

As I've said before many times on the forum, I adore music of all kinds, and there is no chance whatsoever that I will stop listening to it unless I lose my hearing. I'm also convinced that, while there are lots of talentless performers, or performers with potentially nasty lyrics, there is absolutely nothing wrong with music per se. It's a standard part of the educational curriculum in the West - long may it continue.

That's a picture of my guitar you can see in my avatar. I play it every day, and it sounds utterly fantastic.

Peace

 

[Sohrab]

Greetings Maz,


It seems that you object to the lyrics of certain performers rather than music itself...

As I've said before many times on the forum, I adore music of all kinds, and there is no chance whatsoever that I will stop listening to it unless I lose my hearing. I'm also convinced that, while there are lots of talentless performers, or performers with potentially nasty lyrics, there is absolutely nothing wrong with music per se. It's a standard part of the educational curriculum in the West - long may it continue.

That's a picture of my guitar you can see in my avatar. I play it every day, and it sounds utterly fantastic.

Peace

Outside the Boundaries of Islam, I would have agreed with you...but somehow, once you know that a gigantic personality that is of Mohammed SAW in Islam, didn't like and encourage music, i don't really think you can enjoy music anymore, even if one continues listening to it. As for being nothing wrong with the music per se...a smart muslim will never argue about it, cos it's not about something rite or wrong about it that makes muslims abandon it...it's just about the teachings of Mohammed SAW that matter...and i'm pretty sure you would have sensed this by now, being on this forum for some good time.

Your guitar looks nice though. I myself was once a big fan of Eric Clapton. But now i'm like "whatever the Messenger gives you, take that...and whatever he forbids you from, keep away from it."

Prayers

 

[musicman]

You sound like the woman who went to a scholar and likewise asked him to find her one place in the Quran where it said eyebrow plucking was haram.
the answer was, that in the Qur'an we are told to follow and obey Allah's messenger. How can we do this without the hadith and sunnah?:rollseyes



And as ghurabaa2000 stated in an earlier post elsewhere,
Rasulullah [Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam] states, ‘A group of my Ummah will drink wine calling it by other than its real name. merry will be made for them through the playing of musical instruments and by the singing of females. Allah will cleave the earth under them and turn them into apes and swines.’

Like i said earlier majority of the salaf said music is haram e.g Abu Hanifa, Imam Malik, Shafi'i, Ahmed bin hanbal, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Kathir, so many more
What you gonna do bro? Refuse Allah's messenger.
When we recite the shahada we say, "I declare that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad (saw) is the Messenger of Allah."
If you accept he is the Messenger then you've got to accept his Message.:rollseyes

But those quotes do not say that music is haram! It is giving a description of an event that included music. Remember the hadeeth was written hundreds of years after the Quran was made. If the Quran is the first source because it was created by god. Then you are saying the Quran is not perfect? You can fallow the examples of the prophet by just reading Quran which is perfect and the first reference one should consult. Yes there are many great things in the Hadeeth but it was written by man so it has many errors in it. Yes I do fallow prayers as written in the Hadeeth for now until my reaserch of the Quran is complete, this is a growing process as a muslim.

And like I said give me one example that says exactly that "music is haram" from the Quran.

 

[Ibn Abi Ahmed]

Perhaps you should read this, in its entirety and then come back and prove to us that Music is NOT haram. I would love to hear your arguement.

Find me one place in the Quran where it shows us how to pray.

Musicman, answer the above please.

 

[Helena]

my story is diff..... i gave up music 2yrs ago....

in 2004....when i heard the news am going to perform umrah and it hit me allah(swt) has put mercy on me...his calling me to his place...inreturn i shud give up worthless duniya thing that has kept me apart from Allah(swt)....For two weeks i gve it up...as i was prep myself for umrah...wen i went there...alhamdulilah......during tawaf......i made a promise...frm now on...no more music....certainly brain washes u...makes u belive in something that leads to corruption....and alhamdulilah i gave it up....Manage to throw away all the worthless items...now in my room there is simply nasheeds, surahs...nothing else but that...i am greatful to my lord.....

 

[Umm Yoosuf]

Salam.....Well sis Aalimah wanted me 2 tel u hw she gve up music...She saw this scary video on this forum....bout this guy typin away at his desk..and then he suddenly dies..tht made sis aalimah scared and she thought wt if tht was me..? then she startd practising and becomin a bettr muslim...o and i helped her of course

Masha Allah.

Originally Posted by Khaldun

Find me one place in the Quran where it shows us how to pray.

I awaite the answer to this question:X

 

[czgibson]

Greetings,

Salam.....Well sis Aalimah wanted me 2 tel u hw she gve up music...She saw this scary video on this forum....bout this guy typin away at his desk..and then he suddenly dies..tht made sis aalimah scared and she thought wt if tht was me..?

Did she give any clues as to what a guy typing on his desk and suddenly dying has to do with music?

Peace

 

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Greetings,


Did she give any clues as to what a guy typing on his desk and suddenly dying has to do with music?

Peace

It's not directly related, but it shows that u can die anytime so the time to change is now.

 

[czgibson]

Greetings Sohrab,

Thanks for your message.

Outside the Boundaries of Islam, I would have agreed with you...but somehow, once you know that a gigantic personality that is of Mohammed SAW in Islam, didn't like and encourage music, i don't really think you can enjoy music anymore, even if one continues listening to it. As for being nothing wrong with the music per se...a smart muslim will never argue about it, cos it's not about something rite or wrong about it that makes muslims abandon it...it's just about the teachings of Mohammed SAW that matter...and i'm pretty sure you would have sensed this by now, being on this forum for some good time.

Yes, absolutely. This seems to me to be another case where having faith in the absolute correctness of something leads people to hold views that have no real justification outside of that.

I view life differently. Suppose I am a believer in the teachings of someone I consider to be a great thinker (say, Immanuel Kant). I will agree with many things that he says, but it's perfectly OK for me to disagree with some of what he says if I think I have good reason to do so. As far as I can see, no human being has ever had a perfect message for humanity - everybody is wrong sometimes.

Your guitar looks nice though. I myself was once a big fan of Eric Clapton.

Interesting. He's a good player, and he used a Les Paul like mine for a while on a few of his early albums. My favourite players are Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Jimmy Page.

Peace

 

[Halima]

Even though some of you guys might say that in the Quran there is no direct correlation saying that music is haraam however,

By going that extra mile will get you to jannah. Prophet(saw) didn't encourage anyone to listen to music back then and all music back 1400 years ago was just a whole bunch of instruments!

Imagine today, the modern world music that is filled with such filthy lyrics and provocative tunes, what makes it right for you to go and listen to it anyways?

You knowing that the Prophet(saw) discourage it, in other words..you are just disrespecting him!

 

[amirah_87]

well................ when me and my sisters got taken to an islamic institute abroad , there was no music there so we had no chioce really!!
but then we started to become religious ,practisin' n' stuff so now we have the knowledge that it's haram and what the iqaab is for 1 who does listen to it...wal hamdulillah

 

[czgibson]

By going that extra mile will get you to jannah. Prophet(saw) didn't encourage anyone to listen to music back then and all music back 1400 years ago was just a whole bunch of instruments!

Not so. For example: plainchant, which existed at that time and before, was purely vocal.

Imagine today, the modern world music that is filled with such filthy lyrics and provocative tunes, what makes it right for you to go and listen to it anyways?

Are you really suggesting that all modern music is like this?

Peace