***MUSIC AND SUNNAH***

The truth must be told even if it is bitter.

DON’T LISTEN TO MUSIC

Why did you say that?
Because music is HARAM!!!
Did you say Haram? Is it not a Makrooh?
No! Music falls under the category of haram.
Ok, fine.. What’s your proof?

In Surah Luqman Verse 6, Allah says:

" Among men are those who purchase idle talks to mislead men from the path of Allah ".
The word lahwal hadith according to Ibn Masood, the four Khalifas, the eminent Sahabaah, the Tabieen, the four Imaams and other reliable Islamic scholars and authorities have agreed that it is referred to as al-ghina or music.

In Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol 7, the book of drinks
no 5590 reported by Abu Malik Al-Ashari that…
There will be people of my Ummah who will seek to make lawful; fornication, wine-drinking and the use of maaazif (musical instruments ).`
Seeking to make lawful means they are all unlawful.
So from the verse and the hadith, the four imams
unanimously agreed that music is haram.

But what is Haram about Music?

1) Singing and listening to music is haram
The Prophet said:
Istimahul malahi maa asiyatun – to listen is a major crime
Waljulusu alayha fisqun – to sit in a gathering of
music is an open violation to Allah
Wataladhuzu biya kufrun – to derive pleasure out of music is kafur
The Prophet blocked his ears while he was walking and heard music playing.

2) Purchasing of male and female singers is haram
Ayesha RA narrates that the Prophet (S) said that
Almighty Allah has made unlawful the trade in
singing slave maids, their training and listening to their songs.

3) Purchase of instruments for fun and amusement.
Akramah RA said the Prophet (S) said that;
“Almighty Allah has raised me to destroy flute and the drum.”

But Music has benefits?

Yes it does, just as some says that there is benefit
in the drinking of alcohol so also is music. Some
says music is food for the soul without which
existence is impossible.
Music makes them feel loved, forget about their
problems, relaxes their mind, feel high etc.
But have you ever thought about the negative impact of music?

THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MUSIC

1. Music takes you away from the remembrance of
Allah because Music and Qur’an can’t sit in the
heart at the same time.

2. A waste of precious time: Research proved that an average youth spend at least five hours a day listening to music:

3. It is an audio pornography that makes you lose you moral senses – use of vulgar, shameless and violent words.

4. Music leads to zina: as it arouses the sexual
desires. The Holy Prophet (S) said," Singing is a ladder to Adultery."

5. Music is a degradation to the status of women
Islam: Just look at the video clips.

6. Leads to hypocrisy and deprives you from the Rahmah of Allah - Ibn Qayyin Al Jawziyya says that music in one’s heart makes one move away from Allah’s Rahmah. Imam Ja’far As-Sadiq (a.s.) said:
"Music is the nest of hypocrisy."

7. Takes away the imam like the fire takes away
the bush in the harmattan season.

8. Music is the primary cause for calamities in the dunia: jinn attacks, earth quakes etc. Prophet said that when my Ummah will take fifteen habits, calamities will befall them and among them is
music listening.
Sahl Bin Saad narrates that Holy Prophet (S) said,
"Submersion below the surface of the earth, raining of stones from the sky and mutilation of figures shall come about in my ummat." The companions asked, "O the Prophet of Allah when shall it happen?" The Prophet (S) there upon said:" When
musical instruments shall be in abundance and there shall be a large number of singing girls and shall be unlawful."
Ali RA said,"And music and songs give rise to
hypocrisy and is one of the ways leading towards
poverty and hunger.

9. It creates a temporal illusion of madness and
sometimes permanent madness because of the
tension in the brain. It is an intoxicant and one is
unaware of his immediate environment.

10. It create nervous breakdown