Is music haram in Islam? If it is haram, what are the proofs? Why does some scholars allow it? There are so many questions regarding music that most of the time the real answer gets lost among barrage of questions? It is a 3 part post to put up all the evidences that are pertinent to this topic. In the first week we will see the evidences from the Quraan regarding impermissibility of music. In the second week we will dig deep into hadith literature for any further evidences. And finally in week 3 we will look into what earlier scholars (including sahaba, tabieen and atba-tabieen) said about music and its staus in Islam. After that, judgement is yours? PROOF 1: FROM THE QURAAN Allaah says: “And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e. music, singing) to mislead (men) from the path of Allaah…” [Luqmaan, Ayat 6] The scholar of the ummah, Ibn Abbaas (radiallahu anhuma) said: “………….. this means singing.” [Tafseer At-Tabari, 21/40] Mujaahid (rahimahullah) said: “ ……this means playing the drum (tabl).” [Tafseer al-Tabari, 21/40]. Al-Hasan al-Basri (rahimahullah) said: “…….. this aayah was revealed concerning singing and musical instruments.” [Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 3/451]. Al-Sa’di (rahimahullah) said: “ …….. this includes all manner of haraam speech, all idle talk and falsehood, and all nonsense that encourages kufr and disobedience; the words of those who say things to refute the truth and argue in support of falsehood to defeat the truth; and backbiting, slander, lies, insults and curses; the singing and musical instruments of the Shaytaan; and musical instruments which are of no spiritual or worldly benefit.” [Tafseer al-Sa’di, 6/150] Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said: “The interpretation of the Sahaabah and Taabi’in, that ‘idle talk’ refers to singing, is sufficient” Abu’l-Sahbaa’ said: I asked Ibn Mas’ood about the aayah (interpretation of the meaning), ‘“And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks’ [Luqmaan 31:6]. He (Ibn Masood) said: “By Allaah, besides Whom there is no other god, this means singing” – and he repeated it three times. It was also reported with a saheeh isnaad from Ibn ‘Umar (radiallahu anhu) that this means singing. Shaikh Munajjid (hafidhahullah) said: “Some of the Sahaabah said one and some said the other, and some said both. Singing is worse and more harmful than stories of kings, because it leads to zinaa and makes hypocrisy grow (in the heart); it is the trap of the Shaytaan, and it clouds the mind. The way in which it blocks people from the Qur’aan is worse than the way in which other kinds of false talk block them, because people are naturally inclined towards it and tend to want to listen to it. The aayaat condemn replacing the Qur’aan with idle talk in order to mislead (men) from the path of Allaah without knowledge and taking it as a joke, because when an aayah of the Qur’aan is recited to such a person, he turns his back as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in his ear. If he hears anything of it, he makes fun of it. All of this happens only in the case of the people who are most stubbornly kaafirs and if some of it happens to singers and those who listen to them, they both have a share of this blame.” [Ighaathat al-Lahfaan, 1/258-259] PROOF 2: FROM THE QURAAN Allaah says: “[Allaah said to Iblees:] And befool them gradually those whom you can among them with your voice (i.e. songs, music, and any other call for Allaah’s disobedience)…” [al-Israa, Ayat 64] It was narrated that Mujaahid (rahimahullah) said: “And befool them gradually those whom you can among them with your voice” – his voice [the voice of Iblees/Shaytaan] is singing and falsehood. Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said: “This idaafah [possessive or genitive construction, i.e., your voice] serves to make the meaning specific, as with the phrases [translated as] “your cavalry” and “your infantry” [later in the same aayah]. Mufassirin of the Quraan agreed that: “……..everyone who speaks in any way that is not obedient to Allaah, everyone who blows into a flute or other woodwind instrument, or who plays any haraam kind of drum, this is the voice of the Shaytaan.” Everyone who walks to commit some act of disobedience towards Allaah is part of his [the Shaytaan’s] infantry, and anyone who rides to commit sin is part of his cavalry. This is the view of the Salaf, as Ibn ‘Abi Haatim narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas: his infantry is everyone who walks to disobey Allaah”. [Ighaathat al-Lahfaan]. PROOF 3: FROM THE QURAAN Allaah says: “Do you then wonder at this recitation (the Qur’aan)? And you laugh at it and weep not, Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing)” [al-Najm, 59-61] Ikrimah (rahimahullah) said: “ ……… it was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas that al-sumood [verbal noun from saamidoon, translated here as “Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing)”] means “singing”, in the dialect of Himyar; it might be said “Ismidi lanaa” [‘sing for us’ – from the same root as saamidoon/sumood] meaning “ghaniy” [sing]. And he said (may Allaah have mercy on him): When they [the kuffaar] heard the Qur’aan, they would sing, then this aayah was revealed.” Ibn Katheer (rahimahullah) said: Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning) “Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing)” – Sufyaan al-Thawri said, narrating from his father from Ibn ‘Abbaas: (this means) singing. This is Yemeni (dialect): ismad lana means ghan lana [sing to us]. This was also the view of ‘Ikrimah. (Tafseer Ibn Katheer). May ALLAH bless all of us with the understanding of the Quraan. May Allah make us people of the Quraan. May ALLAH sooth our heart with the melody of the Quraan which negates the need to hear the melody of Shaytaan. (Collected)
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