Music: Food for the Soul?

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Just one song, I mean is it really haram?

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The Noble Qur'an - Luqman 31:6

And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e. music, singing, etc.) to mislead (men) from the Path of Allah without knowledge, and takes it (the Path of Allah, the Verses of the Qur'an) by way of mockery. For such there will be a humiliating torment (in the Hell-Fire).

Ibn Masood (ra) said about this verse "I swear by the One other than Whom there is no God that it refers to singing [ghinaa].", and he repeated this three times. Ibn Abbaas (ra) said it refered to 'singing and the like' while Jaabir (ra) is reported to view its meaning to signify singing and listening to songs. Many taabi'oon such as Mujaahid, Ikrimah, Mak-hool and Umar ibn Shu'ayb viewed it as a censure of music and song.

Hadith - Bukhari (#787) [Also related by Tabari]

Sa'id ibn Jbayr reported that Ibn 'Abbas said about the verse: "And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks" (31:6), that, "ldle talks means singing and the like."

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The Noble Qur'an - Al-Isra 17:64

"And Istafiz [literally means: befool them gradually] those whom you can among them with your voice (i.e. songs, music, and other call for Allah's disobedience)..."

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Hadith - Bukhari 7:494

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 (from them), there will be some 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 Allah will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection."

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The Noble Qur'an - An-Najm 53:57-62

The Day of Resurrection draws near, None besides Allah can avert it, (or advance it, or delay it). Do you then wonder at this recital (the Qur'an)? And you laugh at it and weep not, Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing, etc.). So fall you down in prostration to Allah, and worship Him (Alone).

‘Ikrimah (may Allaah have mercy on him) 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 (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Allah 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).

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An excerpt from an article by Sadaf Farooqi

"I know that the topic of music makes many tempers flare. I am therefore not going to initiate a jurisprudential discussion on the evidence of its impermissibility here. I believe that intentional listening to music is prohibited in Islam.

It was narrated that Naafi’ (r.h) said: "Ibn ‘Umar heard a woodwind instrument, and he put his fingers in his ears and kept away from that path. He said to me, "O Naafi’, can you hear anything?" I said, "No". So he took his fingers away from his ears, and said: "I was with the Prophet (sallalahu alayhi wassalam) and he heard something like this, and he did the same thing.""
(Abu Dawud)

I must admit that at this point in my life, its not just because of this fundamental reason - of listening to even a flute being impermissible in Islam - that I avoid listening to music. There is a worldly reason for it as well.

That reason is that I have experienced time and again in the past ten years that when I listen to music unintentionally, such as in a public place where it is blaring, my heart starts to almost physically constrict; my soul gets agitated, and I want the "noise" to just go away. This happens whether it is an instrumental melody or a hard rock song; a pop number or a so-called soul-stirring, classical ghazal.

The reason for my aversion towards music - which, I assure you, wasn't there at all before I studied the Quran in-depth eleven years ago - is that alhumdulilah - during these eleven years, I have found something to listen to that is much, much more beautiful, sublime, and powerful in its effect on my heart, mind, body and soul. So much so that any other kind of man-made music or melody sounds no less than absolute crap in comparison. Please excuse the crass-but-emphatic lingo.

I have noticed that when I do end up listening to music, it produces a decidedly detectable negative effect on my heart. The music tries to nestle into the latter and as a result, endeavors to push out the glorious words of the Quran that reside there.

The fact is: music and the Quran cannot reside together in one heart.

Try to understand this with an analogy: if you won't get rid of the weeds and parasites in a soil, you will not be able to successfully seed, water and nurture a healthy plant in it; the filth in the soil will counter and negate the positive effects of water and sunlight needed to nourish the tender seedling to make it grow.

Or, if you won't clean a utensil before eating food from it, no matter how fresh and great-tasting the food that you place in it might be, you will not be able to enjoy eating it because of the filth that still contaminates it.

I have heard many people who come towards Deen complain and lament that, no matter how much they try, they just "cannot" give up music. Also, they complain how, when the Quran is recited before them, they do not feel anything; that is, their hearts do not get aflutter, and their eyes are not moved to emotional tears.

The reason for this is that, as long as they do not give up listening to music, the melodies and words that this music comprises of will continue residing firmly in their hearts, and will prevent the glorious verses of the Quran along with its Divine effects to enter the latter.

That is the precise reason why they do not feel anything in their hearts when they hear the Quran being recited or the beautiful adhaan (call to prayer) sounding five times a day.

When they hear a favorite musical song, though, their ears are enticed, their hearts immediately feel inclined towards it, and they start to not just hum it, but also feel their soul attracted to it. The musical songs reside in their hearts, keep replaying in their minds, and are hummed on their tongues as they go about their daily work.

Eventually, they start to believe that the Islamic restriction of not listening to music is too "harsh" and unobservable; that music is the "food for the soul"; and that they "cannot live without music".

Fact is, the one who has never 'tasted' gourmet food will continue to consider unhealthy junk food as the ultimate gastronomical pleasure!

The humbling and soul-stirring effect of listening to the melodious verses of the Quran, on the other hands, on the hearts, skins, and eyes of sincere believers, has been mentioned in the Quran itself:

"Allah has revealed (from time to time) the most beautiful Message in the form of a Book, consistent with itself, (yet) repeating (its teaching in various aspects); the skins of those who fear their Lord tremble thereat; then their skins and their hearts do soften to the celebration of Allah's praises..." (Quran - 39:23)

"Those were some of the prophets on whom Allah did bestow His Grace,- of the posterity of Adam, and of those who We carried (in the Ark) with Noah, and of the posterity of Abraham and Israel of those whom We guided and chose.

Whenever the Signs of (Allah) Most Gracious were rehearsed to them, they would fall down in prostrate adoration and in tears." (Quran - 19:58)

The choice is yours -"

[islam is peace]

[Ummati]

JazakAllahu khair wa ahsanal jaza.

[Mujaahid]

A man cannot have the love of Music n the love of the Qur’an, in the same heart. Only one can be present. One must enter, n the other must leave.- Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah)

[Insha]

Distressed And Fustrated??
Why not recite the Qur'an??


The more you recite it..the more you become relieved. Subhan Allah ♥

❝ Those who believe (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism), and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allâh, Verily, in the remembrance of Allâh do hearts find rest.❞
[Ar-Ra'd, 28]

•►Why not do something that would add up to the reward in your book of good deeds ?

Do you really think Music will calm you down??

Mufti menk said,•► "You don't need to be Muslim to know that music is bad for you. Just look at the lives of every celebrity with a large following. Look at the mess they're in, look at their lives, their dress code, and the way they move. Ask yourself, is that clean? Is it pure?"

[Mujaahid]

Qs. I listen to a lot of hip hop and watch MTV. I cant seem to focus on getting closer to God. What's your advice?

Ans.

Stop watching MTV and don't listen to hip hop, that's probably a good start. I don't have bias against any particular kind of culture or genre of musuc but I will show you what I'm convinced of. I think nowadays music is probably one of the easiest things to lose your moral sense. Music is audio pornography today, thats what it is. Its explicit, its shameless, its vulgar, it takes your sense of humanity away from you., it makes you look at women as objects...worse than objects...worse than animals. These people are talking about women like they are talking about you know ..an animal ...really!!! Specially I've noticed a lot of young man I know are Muslims are memorizing the hip hop songs and its just horrible horrible language. You know, the only simple response I have to that is , if you had any regards for the book of Allah even the name, the mention, the word for something bad is terrible once you have faith. You have to have a clean tongue. "Tell my slave to say that that which is the best". Say god things from your mouth. So this is the first thing. When you say horrible things and you say things that are in direct contradiction to the word allah gifted us with then obviously you are deviating frrom your natural FITRAH, your predisposition to turn to Allah ...and when you constantly listen to garbage like that then you get deviated and you dont find pleasure except in disobedience to Allah and thats the sign of a sick heart, so one has to distance himself from this...thats the FIRST step.

and I tell you this is my personal measure, its not a fatwa, its my personal analysis... you don't have to take it. But if a person finds listening to the Quran annoying after they 've listened to hip hop and this and that for a long time and as soon as somebody puts the Quran on the CD you know what they say " turn it off man.....i wanna talk..." immediately they get a little annoyed when they hear the Quran , that actually means the shayteen have taken over them and they are constantly making waswaas to this person, because what do shayteen hate the most? THE QURAN!!... It hurst them so you know what they do because this peron has let the shayateen into his heart , they start pinching his heart when he hears Quran. When you try to give this person a reminder from Allah's word , they get annoyed by it, agitated, like an allergic reaction...why? because they let the shayateen IN. To kick them OUT, what you have to do is stop supplying them with fuel. This is fuel...the useless wasting of time ...this is fuel for shayateen.... They love that you waste time ..and whats this music, TV, youtube, facebook, mysapce, twitter etc. if you spending hrs and hrs on this stuff , what is it except wasting time,

May Allah give you the strength to stay away from these temptations and my advice that I keep giving over and over again is "FIND BETTER FRIENDS" , find company that is not into these things and try to spend more time with them and inshaAllah you will wean yourself off of these habits.
(by Nauman Ali Khan)