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The Evidences which show that Singing (al-ghinā) and Wailing (al-nu) is Disliked and Forbidden
Our scholars have used proofs from the Qur'an, Sunnah and analy sis:
As for the Qur'an, three texts are cited from the Qur'an:: i. The first verse Allah’s saying:
Our scholars have used proofs from the Qur'an, Sunnah and analy sis:
As for the Qur'an, three texts are cited from the Qur'an:: i. The first verse Allah’s saying:
And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech (lahwa’l hadith)."
[Luqman (31): 6]
Abu’l-Sahba' said: 'I asked Ibn Mas'ud (RA) the meaning of this text,
and he said: 'It assuredly means singing (al-ghina’).
And Sa’ad Ibn Yasar said, 'I asked Ikrimah
[Luqman (31): 6]
Abu’l-Sahba' said: 'I asked Ibn Mas'ud (RA) the meaning of this text,
and he said: 'It assuredly means singing (al-ghina’).
And Sa’ad Ibn Yasar said, 'I asked Ikrimah
about "lahwal hadith’",
he said: 'Singing (al-ghinā).'
ii. The second verse:
"While you amuse yourselves (samidun)?" [al-Najm 53: 61]
Ibn Abbas (RA) said:
"While you amuse yourselves (Samidun)?"
The word "samudun" in the text was Himyari for 'Singing (al
Ghinā}.
he said: 'Singing (al-ghinā).'
ii. The second verse:
"While you amuse yourselves (samidun)?" [al-Najm 53: 61]
Ibn Abbas (RA) said:
"While you amuse yourselves (Samidun)?"
The word "samudun" in the text was Himyari for 'Singing (al
Ghinā}.
iii. The third verse:
"And (istafziz) incite [to senselessness] whoever you can among them with your voice and assault them with your horses ."
[al-isra’ 17: 64]
Mujahid said:
This means singing (al-ghinā) and flutes (al-mazāmir).
"And (istafziz) incite [to senselessness] whoever you can among them with your voice and assault them with your horses ."
[al-isra’ 17: 64]
Mujahid said:
This means singing (al-ghinā) and flutes (al-mazāmir).
As for proofs from the Sunnah:
i. 'Abdullah Ibn 'Umar (RA) heard the sound of a shepherd's flute; he placed his fingers in both ears, and and turned his mount away from the road. He said to me repeatdly: ONafi', Do you hear it? I would say: Yes. He would then continue riding.
i. 'Abdullah Ibn 'Umar (RA) heard the sound of a shepherd's flute; he placed his fingers in both ears, and and turned his mount away from the road. He said to me repeatdly: ONafi', Do you hear it? I would say: Yes. He would then continue riding.
When at last I said, No, he lowered his hands, and brought his mount back to the road.He said : I saw the Prophet (PBUH) do as I’ve been doing when he heard a shepherd's flute. (Abu Dawud 4925)
ii. 'Abdu'l- Rahman Ibn 'Awf (RA) narrated that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "I was forbidden from listening to) two foolish and wicked sounds, the sound of a flute at the time of joy, and the wailing sounds at the time of calamity." (Tirmidhi 1005)
If this was what they used to do when hearing a sound that does not cause exhilaration, then what would have they done if they had heard the music played nowadays?
As for proofs from narrations of the Salaf:
As for proofs from narrations of the Salaf:
Ibn Mas’ud (RA) said: Singing (al-ghina) makes hypocrisy (al-nifaq) grow in one's heart just as water makes grass grow.
Ibn Umar (RA) passed by a group of people who were in the state of iflram, one of them was singing. Ibn Umar said: May Allah not hear your calls.
Ibn Umar (RA) passed by a group of people who were in the state of iflram, one of them was singing. Ibn Umar said: May Allah not hear your calls.
Umar Ibn (Abdu'l-(Aziz wrote a letter to the caretaker of his son:
Let the first thing that he (my son) learns from you is the etiquette of disliking instruments of play. They begin with Satan, and their ending is Allah's anger. I have been told by trustworthy scholars that
Let the first thing that he (my son) learns from you is the etiquette of disliking instruments of play. They begin with Satan, and their ending is Allah's anger. I have been told by trustworthy scholars that
attending sessions of music causes hypocrisy to grow in the hearts just as water makes grapes grow. It is better for a person to avoid such sessions than to gain this (hypocrisy) in his hearts.
All these can be read in the book of Imam Ibn Al-Jawzi titled ‘Talbis Iblis’.
