I was just wondering what do u guys believe about music and Islam? Is it allowed in Islam? If yes y? If no y not? Has this topic come up before? If yes where can i find out?
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The aayaat of the Qurâaan and the Ahaadeeth of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) indicate that
musical instruments are condemned, and warn us against
them. The Qurâaan teaches that playing these instruments is
one of the things that leads people astray and constitutes
mockery of the Signs of Allaah. Allaah says (interpretation of
the meaning):
âAnd of mankind is he who purchases idle talk to mislead
(men) from the Path of Allaah, without knowledge, and takes
it (the Path of Allaah, the Verses of the Qurâaan) by way of
mockery. For such there will be a humiliating torment (in the
Hell-fire).â [Luqmaan 31:6]
Most of the scholars interpreted lahw al-hadeeth (âidle talkâ)
as meaning singing and musical instruments, and every voice
that diverts people from the truth.
Al-Tabari (Jaamiâ al-Bayaan, 15/118-119), Ibn Abiâl-Dunya
(Dham al-Malaahi, 33) and Ibn al-Jawzi (Talbees Iblees,
232) all reported that concerning the aayah (interpretation
of the meaning):
â[Allaah said to Shaytaan;] âAnd istafziz [literally means
befool them gradually] those whom you can with your voice,
make assaults on them with your cavalry and your infantry,
mutually share with them wealth and children, and make
promises to them.â But Shaytaan promises them nothing but
deceitâ [al-Israâ 17:64]
15.Mujaahid said, âThis refers to singing and flutes.â
Al-Tabari reported that al-Hasan al-Basri said:
âHis voice is the tambourine.â
Ibn al-Qayyim said in Ighaathat al-Lahfaan (1/252):
âThe grammatical structure here (idaafah â genitive or
possessive) is used to make something specific (idaafat
al-takhsees), and in all these words in the aayah it refers
back to the Shaytaan [addressed here as âyouâ by Allaah, may
He be glorified]. Everyone who speaks about anything other
than obedience of Allaah or plays a reed pipe, flute,
tambourine or drum, all of this is the voice of Shaytaan.â
Al-Tirmidhi reported in his Sunan (no. 1005) from Ibn Abi
Layla from âAtaâ from Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased with him)
who said: âThe Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) went to to al-Nakhl with âAbd
al-Rahmaan ibn âAwf, when his son Ibraaheem was dying. He
took the child in his lap and his eyes filled with tears. âAbd
al-Rahmaan said, âAre you weeping when you have forbidden
us to weep?â He said, 'I do not forbid weeping. What I have
forbidden is two foolish and evil kinds of voices: voices at
times of entertainment and play and the flutes of the
Shaytaan, and voices at times of calamity and scratching the
face and rending the garments and screaming.ââ
Al-Tirmidhi said: this is a hasan hadeeth. It was also reported
by al-Haakim in al-Mustadrak, no. 1683, al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan
al-Kubra (4/69), al-Tayaalisi in Musnad (no. 1683) and by
al-Tahhaawi in Sharh al-Maâaani, 4/29, and it was classed as
hasan by al-Albaani.
Al-Nawawi said: âWhat is meant here is singing and musical
instruments.â See Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi, 4/88.
It was reported in a saheeh hadeeth from the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: âIn my
ummah there will be people who allow fornication/adultery
(zina), silk, wine and musical instruments [maâaazif]. Some
people will stay at the side of a mountain, and they will have
flocks of sheep. When a poor person comes in the evening to
ask them for something he needs, they will say. âCome back to
us tomorrow.â Then during the night Allaah will destroy them
by causing the mountain to fall upon them, while He changes
others into apes and swine. They will remain in such a state
until the Day of Resurrection.ââ
(Reported by al-Bukhaari in al-Saheeh muâallaqan, 51/10.
Reported mawsoolan by al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan al-Kubra,
3/272; al-Tabaraani in al-Muâjam al-Kabeer, 3/319; and Ibn
Hibbaan in al-Saheeh (8/265-266). Classed as saheeh by Ibn
al-Salaah in âUloom al-Hadeeth (32), Ibn al-Qayyim in
Ighaathat al-Lahfaan (255) and Tahdheeb al-Sunan
(5/270-272), al-Haafiz in al-Fath (10/51) and al-Albaani in
al-Saheehah (1/140)).
Al-Haafiz said in al-Fath (10/55): Maâaazif refers to musical
instruments. Al-Qurtubi reported from al-Jawhari that
maâaazif meant singing, and what it says in his book al-Sihaah
is that it refers to musical instruments. It was also said that
it is the sound of musical instruments. In a footnote by
al-Dimyaati it says: maâaazif is tambourines and other kinds of
drums. The word âazif is applied to singing and all other kinds
of instruments that may be played.
Ibn al-Qayyim said in Ighaathat al-Lahfaan (1/256):
The evidence for this is that maâaazif refers to all kinds of
things used for entertainment. There is no dispute among
scholars of the Arabic language on this point. If they were
halaal, he would not have condemned those who permitted
them, or compared permitting them to permitting wine and
zina.
We may understand from the hadeeth that all kinds of
musical instruments are forbidden. This is clear from the
hadeeth for a number of reasons:
1.The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said â⊠there will be people who allowâŠâ It is clear
that the things listed here, including musical instruments,
are forbidden in shareeâah, but those people will allow
them.
2.He compared musical instruments to things that are
definitely known to be haraam, namely zina and alcohol.
If instruments were not haraam, he would not have made
this comparison. The evidence of this hadeeth that
singing is haraam is definitive. Even if no other hadeeth
or aayah spoke about musical instruments, this hadeeth
would be sufficient to prove that they are haraam,
especially the kind of singing that is known among people
nowadays, the essence of which is obscenity and foul
talk, based on all kinds of musical instruments such as
guitars, drums, flutes, ouds, zithers, organs, pianos,
violins and other things that make it more enticing, such
as the voices of these effeminate singers and whores.
(See Hukm al-Maâaazif by al-Albaani, Tas-heeh al-Ahktaâ waâl-Awhaam
al-Waaqiâah fi Ahaadeeth al-Nabi âalayhiâl-salaam by Raaâid Sabri, 1/176).
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) came to my house while two girls were singing beside me the songs of Buath(a story about the war between the two tribes of the Ansar, the Khazraj and the Aus, before Islam). The Prophet (p.b.u.h) lay down and turned his face to the other side. Then Abu Bakr came and spoke to me harshly saying, "Musical instruments of Satan near the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ?" Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)turned his face towards him and said, "Leave them." When Abu Bakr became inattentive, I signalled to those girls to go out and they left. It was the day of 'Id, and the Black people were playing with shields and spears; so either I requested the Prophet (p.b.u.h) or he asked me whether I would like to see the display. I replied in the affirmative. Then the Prophet (p.b.u.h) made me stand behind him and my cheek was touching his cheek and he was saying, "Carry on! O Bani Arfida," till I got tired. The Prophet(p.b.u.h) asked me, "Are you satisfied (Is that sufficient for you)?" I replied in the affirmative and he told me to leave.
Narrated Abu 'Amir or Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari:
that he heard the Prophet saying, "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 willstay 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 themduring 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."
Jaawan
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My dear Jaawan and others, first of all my apologies for not answering for such a long time! I wanted to check other people's views. Moreover, I also did not get time.
The question which comes to my mind is that why is music not allowed in Islam when it is one of the most natural things to happen. If u make a 2 year old listen to music, he is enthralled and is happy in contrast to normal talk. Please be clear, that I am not talking of any particular music. I do believe it's the content of music that can be bad or unethical and which should not be allowed but not the music itself. For example, when we were kids it was easier for us to memorize anything in a tune like ~a~bcdefgâŠ. Music itself is not bad it is the lyrics or other such things that can make it sound bad and unethical. At times it becomes more natural and easier to sing than talk! like when one is really happy. Words cannot express the feelings which tunes and music can.
Moreover, music is something that has helped in promotion of Islam! Many great Sufis have used its great influence and healing powers to promote Islam. These include great names like Baba Buleh Shah, Hazrat Sachal Surmast, Hazrat Shah Hussain, and many others. Many have even invented musical instruments and raags and have done great service to music and our great culture. If u have happened to hear any Kaafi from a good malang or singer like Alan Faqir or Abida Parveen, u would know the great motivation and the boast it gives to your soul and your "Imaan". The feeling is as great as when you read or listen to the poetry of Allama Iqbal, and other great poets like Hazrat Shah Hussain⊠I am sure you can't say that poetry is also Haraam because many of the Prophet's (PBUH) companions and Sahaaba have been great poets including Hazrat Ali. As all of us know at important occasions people of Madina and companions of Holy Prophet (PBUH) have taken part in singing. Two most important and known occasions are; when the Prophet (PBUH) was welcomed in Madina, and at the marriage of Hazrat Fatima bint-e- Mohammad(PBUH).
Furthermore, most of the musicians in the world, if u look around are of very sweet nature. They have a very friendly and kind personality. They generally are good human beings. They instead of spreading hatred (like many mullahs) and violence spread the message of love, tolerance, peace and unity. In Sufi music they spread the message of God. May God bless us all!
This was written in quite a hurry. therefore, sorry for mistakes.
:) ;)
"One of the greatest victories u can gain over somene is to beat him at politeness."
"For him who has perception, a mere sign is enough. For him who does not heed a thousand explanations are not enough."
Ali
As you already have pointed out that music has been used to spread Islam â hence itâs not haram, btw. I thought the correct word was âmakrohâ , anyway I havenât read jawanâs post, and I donât know the rules re. Music in Islam either. I just wanted you to answer another question (off topic of course :))
They instead of spreading hatred (like many mullahs) and violence spread the message of love, tolerance, peace and unity. In Sufi music they spread the message of God. <<
Why did you use the word Mullah here? When is a person mullah?
And back to the topic again, what is music? Can naat, qawalies be called music or is that singing? What about Qiraât?
I think it depends upon what kinda music youâre taking about.
There is nothing in the Quran against music, so it is not forbidden. God says the Quran is "complete," so that's the only place to go for laws.
Zara
My dear Sabah, from mullah I mean the people who pretend to be scholars and authority on religion, which they are not. As they say "neem hakeem khatra jaan, neem "mullah" khatra Imaan." These are the people who spread hatred and misconceptions about our great religion. They make it sound so difficult, radical, hard to follow and unattractive that we are distracted and we consider it impossible to be followed. However, the true "ulema" and scholars of the religion really are VERY great people. They are the ones because of whom Islam is spreading in four corners of the world. They do not consider themselves the ultimate or the best and consider themselves as students. In fact, any scholar whether he is a religious scholar or any other is to be respected greatly. These are the people who are the destiny of any nation. If these have a great influence in the society the nation is bound to flourish. The downfall of a nation starts when these people are shunned. And when a scholar is also a teacher and that also a religious teacher who spreads the message of God! Well⊠. Such a person even if he dies is survived by his teachings, his message and his students. Can u say that Einstein is dead? In Pakistan there are some religious that I really respect like Dr. Ghulam Murtaza Malik etc.
About your second question, well music is anything that is in a rhythm. The least objectible music probably is instrumental like Beethoven or Mozart's symphonies. In my third paragraph I've described to some extent the music I am referring to. Qawalli as I said there is certainly music. However, naat cannot (maybe) qualified as music. Qirat certainly cannot be. Its should be called recitation; it's a way of reading and certainly not singing.
Dear Zarataaf, you are right to any extent, it is right that it is not clearly written in Koran that music is not allowed but there are so many things which Koran does not give a direct order about. As my friend Jawaan has mentioned, there are many times in which we can say are about music. take care :)
"One of the greatest victories u can gain over somene is to beat him at politeness."
"For him who has perception, a mere sign is enough. For him who does not heed a thousand explanations are not enough."
Taliban and its pure Islamic jurisprudence is a microcosm of what an Islamic State would be like.
Taliban authorities have banned music, television, photography of live beings, etc; so, from that I could state that the answer, to Mohd Ali's original question, is Yes! Music is haram in Islam. So, would be internet, as questioned by faceup.
And, hypothetically, all the other muslims have been committing sin by playing music, watching tele.., and surfing the net! Welcome to Islam - Stone-age style.
But do you really believe that what Taliban is doing is Islam? It's not.
Abdul back the talibani truck up man...how can you say that taliban is islam????? I mean ISLAM DOES NOT HAVE ANY FORCE IT DOES NOT FORCE ITS FOLLOWERS TO FOLLOW IT>>>!!! they are just desprate militants trying to be good muslims without any knowledge of how they can be good muslims. Banning tv and muziq and stuff and forcing other people to live like slaves wont solve the problem. We should be smart enough to think by our selves and read and find more about our religion and find out whats right and whats wrong..so no one will have to boss us around with unethical backgrounds such as talibans to force others around following THEM not islam.
Music makes you to forget everything including god, your religion and many other things...read this again what do you understand from this..read it carefully?
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) came to my house while two girls were singing beside me the songs of Buath(a story about the war between the two tribes of the Ansar, the Khazraj and the Aus, before Islam). The Prophet (p.b.u.h) lay down and turned his face to the other side. Then Abu Bakr came and spoke to me harshly saying, "Musical instruments of Satan near the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ?" Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)turnedhis face towards him and said, "Leave them." When Abu Bakr became inattentive, I signalled to those girls
to go out and they left. It was the day of 'Id, and the Black people were playing with shields and spears;so either I requested the Prophet (p.b.u.h) or he asked me whether I would like to see the display. Ireplied in the affirmative. Then the Prophet (p.b.u.h) made me stand behind him and my cheek wastouching his cheek and he was saying, "Carry on! O Bani Arfida," till I got tired. The Prophet(p.b.u.h) asked me, "Are you satisfied (Is that sufficient for you)?" I replied in the affirmative and he told me to leave.
what i understand is that prophet turned his face away from those girls and he alowed them to sing on EID day...so i think it is alowed on our holidays or days of happiness? If you understand it better plz clear us out.
Jaawan
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Hey,
I donât think all music is allowed in Islam. Just certain sorts of music. Music with meanings, that are not very suitable are not allowed, which rules out virually all pop music, is not allowed, otherwise I think it is allowed. Again, this is one of the things that have to be done in moderation, as is everything.
And about the instruments, a âduffâ, a type of drum, is allowed, but then i suppose other instruments are allowed. Excpet for in things like ânaatâsâ and other religious readings.
But this is in my point of view. What do you think, about my view?
Sorry guys/gals I was disconnected to net for quite sometime so could not reply.
Jawaan! Well man it does not make me forget God but in fact remember him even with a lot more vigor. If you have listened to Sufi music u would understand what I mean and how I feel.
Affi! Music is just like anything else; your tongue, pen, television, books etc which can be used for good or bad. U must be knowing the story of Hazrat Luqmaan⊠it's not the music or any instruments which are bad, it's the message or lyrics which can be bad just like in any other speech or thing. U can spread a good or bad message though a pen, television, painting. Music is one of the strongest and most effective mediums one can use.
I would like to hear the views of people like Mr. Xtreme and Ali Abbas. ;) take care everybody. :)
"One of the greatest victories u can gain over somene is to beat him at politeness."
"For him who has perception, a mere sign is enough. For him who does not heed a thousand explanations are not enough."