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Originally posted by: brown3y3db3auti
yeah it really didnt offend me because it was added in not playing whle they were shooting.and im a Muslim.
totally agree wid u how can they shoot in a mosque if they wanna shoot they can shoot out side not inside n muslic playing in the background thats so dum n ridiculous. i'm a muslim so thats y
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,
The worst case scenario in the event of being inflicted with a disease is when the one involved refuses to believe that he has been inflicted with that disease. The
way this phenomenon is accepted and recognised in diseases and illnesses that affect the physical body, it is also true with regards to spiritual diseases and ailments.
When a person commits a sin (may Allah save us all) believing that a sin is being committed and
feels regret and remorse in the heart, then this is far better then committing the sin and believing
it to be lawful (halal). In the former situation, only one sin is being committed, and it is very
likely that the individual may repent out of the remorse felt in the heart. In the latter case,
however, in addition to the sin being committed, there is thegreater sin of trying to justify it. Normally, such an individual does not receive the guidance to repent
from his sin. (May Allah save us all, Ameen).
Music and Singing?
The case with music and unlawful singing is the same. It has been decisively prohibited in Shariah, as the evidences mentioned further along will show. Yet
there are individuals that are not ready to believe that it is Haram.
In the modern era, music has spread to such an extent that nobody is free from it. Individuals are
confronted with situations where they are forced to listen to music. It is played nearly in all
department stores and supermarkets. If you sit in a taxi, make a phone call or even walk down the
street, you will not be saved from this evil. Young Muslims drive around in their cars with the
music fully blasted. The increasing popularity of music, which is prevalent in our society, poses a
great threat to the Muslims.
Music is a direct ploy of the Non-Muslims. One of the main causes for the decline of the Muslims
is their involvement in useless entertainment. Today we see that Muslims are involved, and at the
forefront perhaps, of many immoralities and evils. The spiritual power which once was the trait of
a Muslim is nowhere to be seen. One of the main reasons for this is music and useless entertainment.
Harms and effects of music
We should be aware that nothing has been prohibited by the Almighty Creator except that which is
harmful to the Muslims and the society as a whole. There are great harms and ill-effects of music.
Islam totally forbids adultery and also those things that lead to it. Allah Most High says:
"And do not come near to adultery, for it is a shameful deed and an evil, opening the road (to
other evils)" (al-Isra, 32).
Islam does not only prohibit adultery and fornication, but also
those things that may lead to it.
This is the reason why the Qur'an orders Muslim men and Women to
lower their gazes. It prohibits
one from being alone with someone from the opposite sex (khalwa).
Informal interaction with the
opposite sex has also been made unlawful.
This is also one of the main reasons for the prohibition of music,
as it effects one's emotions,
creates arousal, passion and excitement, and also leads to various
physiological changes in the
person. It is a psychological proven fact that two things are
instrumental in arousing the human
sexual desire, one being the voice of a female (for males) and the
other music.
This is the reason why Allah Most High says:
"O wives of the prophet! You are not like other women, if you are
god-fearing. So do not be soft
in speech. Lest in whose heart is disease should be moved with
desire." (Surah al-Ahzab, v. 32).
Thus, Islam forbids listening to the female voice with lust and
desire. The great Hanafi Jurist,
Ibn Abidin (Allah have mercy on him) states:
"It is permissible for women to converse with non-Mahram men at the
time of need (and visa versa,
m). However, what is not permissible is that they stretch, soften
and raise their voice in a
melodious way" (Radd al-Muhtar, V.1, P. 406).
Similarly, it is also unlawful for women to listen to the voice of
non-Mahram men with lust and
desire. One of the great western thinkers said: "the voice is one of
the quickest ways that make a
woman fall in love with a man. This is the reason why many women
adore singers".
The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) was also
wary of this fact when he said
to the Companion Bara ibn Malik: "O Bara! Let not the women here
your voice" (Kanz al-Ummal,
7/322). The same has also been reported from the Companion Anjasha
(Allah be pleased with him).
Physical Effect of Music
Experiments carried out by doctors and researchers confirm that
music is such that it does not
only affect the brain, but each and every organ of the body. There
is a close relationship between
music and bodily movements.
It is also proved that music affects one's emotions, increases
arousal in terms of alertness and
excitement and also leads to various psychological changes in the
person. In a psychological
experiment, it was found that listening to moderate type of music
increased one's normal heart beat,
whilst listening to rock music the heart beat increased even
further, yet people claim that music has
no effect.
In conclusion, music and the instruments used for singing are a
cause for arousing the sexual
desire of an individual. It could lead a person to adultery and
fornication. Therefore, Islam takes
the preventive measure rather than suffer the consequences. This is
also one of the principles of
Islamic Jurisprudence, namely 'blocking the means' (sadd al-
dhara'i). This is based on the idea of
preventing an evil before it actually materializes, and is taken
from the heart of the guidance of
the Qur'an and Sunnah that, "Preventing harm is given precedence
even to achieving possible
benefits."
Becoming Heedless of Allah
One of the harms of music is that it distracts one from his Creator.
It serves as a temporary
means of pleasure and satisfaction, which makes one forget who he
really is and why he was created.
This is the reason why musical instruments are known in the Arabic
language as 'malaahi' meaning
instruments that prevent one from the remembrance of Allah Almighty.
Human has been created for a noble purpose. Allah Most High says:
"I have created jinn and humans only that they serve (worship) me"
(Surah al-Dhariyat, 56).
Music and temporary entertainments sink the human in physical
pleasures and prevent him/her from
true spiritual gains. In conclusion, music has a great role to play
in preventing a human from
realising the purpose of creation.
Un-Islamic Values
Another harm of music is that it instills the ideologies of the Non-
Muslims in the heart and mind.
The messages of today's music follow a general theme of love,
fornication, drugs and freedom.
We find that the whole world is obsessed with the Kufr idea of
unrestrained freedom, i.e. freedom
of speech and movement, etc⌠This idea of freedom, "it's my life,
I'll do what I want" is a
predominant theme of music today. It is used as a means of drilling
western ideologies into the hearts
and minds, which are totally contrary to Islamic values and
teachings.
The Difference Between Legal Wisdom and Legal Reasons
The above are just some of the harms and evil effects of music. One
must remember here that these
are the wisdoms for the prohibition of music and not the reason
(illah). The Shariah ruling is
based upon the reason, and not the wisdom. In other words if the
harms for the prohibition of music
is taken care of, it does not make music permissible.
An example for this is that the wisdom behind the prohibition of
wine and alcohol is that it
creates enmity and hatred between people and it hinders one from the
remembrance of Allah. The reason,
however, is that it is an intoxicating substance. Now, if one was to
say that wine will be Halal
for me, as I will lock myself up after drinking wine, thus no
destruction will be caused. Any sane
person will conclude that he is wrong, as wine is Haram whether you
cause any destruction and
damage to others or not. The reason being, that the cause for the
prohibition of wine is that it
intoxicates you, regardless of whether the wisdom is present or not.
The same is with music. If one is saved from the abovementioned
harms, even then music will still
remain Haram. It can not be held lawful even if one is saved from
its harms. This is a well
established principle in the science of Usul al-Fiqh.
Ruling on musical instruments and unlawful singing
In the light of the evidences that will be mentioned later, the
following are unlawful in Shariah:
a) Musical instruments that are exclusively designed for
entertainment and dancing, and create
charm, pleasure and bliss on their own (even without the singing),
such as the drum, violin, guitar,
fiddle, flute, lute, mandolin, harmonium, piano, string, etc⌠are
impermissible to use under any
circumstance.
There is a consensus of the whole Ummah on this. Since the first
century, the Companions (sahaba),
their followers (tabi'een), jurists (fuqaha) and the scholars have
been generally unanimous on
this ruling.
b) Singing that is a cause for a sin is also unlawful with the
consensus of all the scholars, such
as songs that prevent one from the obligatory (fard & wajib).
c) Any singing that is accompanied by other sins, such as songs that
consist of unlawful, immoral,
and sexual themes, or it is sang by non-Mahram women, etc will also
be unlawful. This ruling is
also with the consensus of all the scholars.
Evidences
There are numerous evidences in the Qur'an and Sunnah which support
this view. We will attempt to
look at a few:
1) Allah Most High says:
"And there are among men, those that purchase idle tales, to mislead
(men) from the path of Allah
and throw ridicule. For such there will be a humiliating punishment"
(Surah Luqman, V. 6).
The great Companion Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud (Allah be pleased with him)
states in the explanation of
the word "idle tales":
"By Allah its meaning is music" (Sunan al-Bayhaqi, 1/223 &
authenticated by al-Hakim in his
Mustadrak, 2/411).
Imam Ibn Abi Shayba related with his own transmission that He (Ibn
Mas'ud) said:
"I swear By Him besides whom there is no God that it refers to
singing" (132/5).
The great Companion and exegete of the Qur'an, Abd Allah ibn Abbas
(Allah be pleased with him)
states:
"The meaning of the word is music, singing and the like" (Sunan al-
Bayhaqi, 1/221& Musannaf Ibn
abi Shayba, 132/5).
He also stated:
"Music and the purchase of female singers" (Musannaf Ibn Abi
Shayba, 132/5).
Hasan al-Basri (Allah be pleased with him) said:
"This verse was revealed in relation to singing and musical
instruments" (Tafsir ibn Kathir,
3/442)
The same explanation has also been narrated from Mujahid, Ikrima,
Ibrahim Nakha'i, Mak'hul and
others (Allah be pleased with them all).
The above verse of the Qur'an, along with the statements regarding
its meaning is clear in the
prohibition of music. It also serves as a severe warning for those
who are involved in the trade of
music in any way, shape or form, as Allah warned them
of "Humiliating punishment".
As for those that say, the verse refers to things that prevent one
from the remembrance of Allah
and not music, do not contradict the aforementioned explanation. The
interpretation of the verse
with "things that prevent one from the remembrance of Allah" is a
more general interpretation which
includes music and song, as one of the foremost things that stop you
from the remembrance of Allah
is music. This is the reason why the majority of the exegetes of the
Qur'an have interpreted the
verse with music only, or with all those acts that prevent one from
the truth with music being at
the forefront.
2) Allah Most High says whilst describing the attributes of the
servants of the Most
Compassionate (ibad al-Rahman):
"Those who witness no falsehood, and if they pass by futility, they
pass by it with honourable
avoidance" (Surah al-Furqan, V. 72).
Imam Abu Bakr al-Jassas relates from Sayyiduna Imam Abu Hanifah
(Allah be pleased with him) that
the meaning of "falsehood (zur)" is music & song, (Ahkam al-Qur'an,
3/428).
3) Allah Most High said to Shaytan:
"Lead to destruction those whom you can among them with your
(seductive) voice" (Surah al-Isra,
V.64).
One of the great exegete, Mujahid (Allah have mercy on him)
interpreted the word "voice (sawt)" by
music, singing, dancing and idle things. (Ruh al-Ma'ani, 15/111).
Imam Suyuti (Allah have mercy on him) quoted Mujahid as
saying: "Voice (in this verse) is singing
and flute" (al-Iklil fi istinbat al-tanzil, 1444).
Another exegete, Dahhak (Allah have mercy on him) also interpreted
the word "Sawt" with flutes.
(Qurtubi, al-Jami' li Ahkam al-Qur'an, 10/288).
Here also, a general interpretation can be given, as indeed some
commentators of the Qur ' an have
done, but this, as mentioned earlier, does not contradict the
meaning given by Mujahid and Dahhak,
as it is included in the more broad and general meaning.
Guidance of the Messenger of Allah
(Allah bless him & give him peace)
The are many Ahadith of the blessed Messenger of Allah (Allah bless
him & give him peace) which
prohibit music and the usage of musical instruments to the extent
that some scholars have gathered
approximately forty Ahadith, of which the chain of transmission of
some is sound (sahih), some good
(hasan) and some weak (da'if). We will only mention a few here:
1) Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (Allah be pleased with him)
reports that he heard the Messenger
of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) say: "There will appear
people in my Ummah, who will
hold adultery, silk, alcohol and musical instruments to be lawful"
(Sahih al-Bukhari)
2) Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (Allah be pleased with him) narrates a
similar type of Hadith, but a
different wording. He reports that the Messenger of Allah (Allah
bless him & give him peace) said:
"Soon there will be people from my Ummah who will consume alcohol,
they will change its name (by
regarding it permissible. m), on there heads will be instruments of
music and singing. Allah will make
the ground swallow them up, and turn them into monkeys and swine"
(Sahih Ibn Hibban & Sunan Ibn
Majah, with a sound chain of narration).
In the above two narrations, the word ma'azif is used. The scholars
of the Arabic language are
unanimous on the fact that it refers to musical instruments (Ibn
Manzur, Lisan al-Arab, V.9, P.189).
The prohibition of musical instruments is clear in the two
narrations. The first Hadith (recorded
in Sahih al-Bukhari) mentions that certain people from the Ummah of
the Messenger of Allah (Allah
bless him & give peace) will try to justify the permissibility of
using musical instruments, along
with adultery, silk and alcohol, despite these things being unlawful
(haram) in Shariah.
Moreover, by mentioning music with the likes of adultery and alcohol
just shows how severe the sin
is. The one who attempts to permit music is similar to the one who
permits alcohol or adultery.
The second Hadith describes the fate of such people in that the
ground will be ordered to swallow
them and they will be turned into monkeys and swine (may Allah save
us all). The warning is
specific to those that will hold music, alcohol, silk and adultery
to be permissible. It is something
that should be of concern for those who try and justify any of these
things.
Also, to say that music will only be unlawful if it is in
combination with alcohol, adultery and
silk is incorrect. If this was the case, then why is it that the
exception is only for music from
the four things? The same could also be said for adultery, alcohol
and silk. One may then even
justify that alcohol and adultery is also permissible unless if they
are consumed in combination with
the other things!
Thus the above two narrations of the beloved of Allah (Allah bless
him & give him peace) are clear
proof on the impermissibility of music and songs.
3) Imran ibn Husain (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the
Messenger of Allah (Allah
bless him & give him peace) said: "This Ummah will experience the
swallowing up of some people by the
earth, metamorphosis of some into animals, and being rained upon
with stones". A man from amongst
the Muslims asked: "O Messenger of Allah! When will this be?" He
said: "When female singers and
musical instruments appear and alcohol will (commonly) be consumed"
(Recorded by Imam Tirmizi, Imam
Ibn Majah in their respective Sunan collections, and the wording
here is of Sunan Tirmizi).
4) Sayyiduna Ali ibn Talib (Allah be pleased with him) reports
that the blessed Messenger of
Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: "When my Ummah begin
doing fifteen things, they
will be inflicted with tribulations, and (from those 15 things He
said): "When female singers and
musical instruments become common" (Sunan Tirmizi).
5) Na'fi reports that once Abd Allah ibn Umar (Allah be pleased
with them both) heard the
sound of a Sheppard's flute. He put his fingers in his ears, turned
his mule away from the road and
said: "O Nafi'! Can you hear? I (Nafi') replied with the
affirmative. He carried on walking (with
his fingers in his ears) until I said: "the sound has ceased" He
removed his fingers from his ears,
came back on to the road and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah
(Allah bless him & give him
peace) doing the same when he heard the flute of the Sheppard"
(Recorded by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad
and Abu Dawud & Ibn Majah in their Sunans).
6) Abd Allah Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with him) reports that
the Messenger of Allah (Allah
bless him & give him peace) said: "Verily Allah has forbidden
alcohol, gambling, drum and guitar,
and every intoxicant is haram" (Musnad Ahmad & Sunan Abu Dawud).
7) Abu Umama (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the
Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him
& give peace) said: "Allah Mighty and Majestic sent me as a guidance
and mercy to believers and
commanded me to do away with musical instruments, flutes, strings,
crucifixes, and the affairs of
the pre-Islamic period of ignorance" (Musnad Ahmad & Abu Dawud
Tayalisi).
8) Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud (Allah be pleased with him) reports
that the Messenger of Allah
(Allah bless him & give him peace) said: "Song makes hypocrisy grow
in the heart as water does herbage"
(Sunan al-Bayhaqi).
9) Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger
of Allah (Allah bless him &
give peace) said: "On the day of Resurrection, Allah will pour
molten lead into the ears of whoever
sits listening to a songstress" (Recorded by Ibn Asakir & Ibn al-
Misri).
10)Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the
Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him &
give him peace) said: "Bell is the flute of Shaytan" (Sahih Muslim &
Sunan Abu Dawud).
There are many more narrations of the Messenger of Allah (Allah
bless him & give peace) in
prohibition of musical instruments and unlawful singing. I have
merely mentioned a few as an example.
The imam of the Shafi'i school, Imam Ibn Hajr al-Haytami gathered
all these Ahadith which
approximately total to forty in his excellent work ' Kaff al-Ra'a an
Muharramat al-Lahw wa al-Sama' , and
then said: "All of this is explicit and compelling textual evidence
that musical instruments of
all types are unlawful" (2/270).
Statements of the Fuqaha
The great Hanafi jurist al-Kasani states:
"If a singer gathers people around him only to entertain them with
his voice, then he will not be
considered a upright person (a'dil), even though if he does not
consume alcohol, as he will be
considered the leader of sinners. If however, he only sings to
himself in order to eradicate
loneliness, then there is nothing wrong in doing so.
As far as the one who uses musical instruments is concerned, if the
instruments themselves are not
unlawful, such as the bamboo and tambourine, then there is nothing
wrong with that and he will
still be considered upright. However, if the instrument is unlawful,
such as the lute and the like,
then he will not be considered a upright person (to be a witness in
the court. m), as these
instruments can never be considered lawful" (Bada'i al-Sana'i,
6/269).
It is stated in Khulasat al-Fatawa:
"Listening to the sound of musical instruments is unlawful (haram),
as the Messenger of Allah
(Allah bless him & give him peace) said: "Listening to songs is a
sin" (4/345).
Ibn Humam, the great Hanafi Mujtahid makes a decisive statement in
his famous Fath al-Qadir:
"Unlawful (haram) singing is when the theme of the song consists of
unlawful things, such as the
description of a particular living person's beauty and features, the
virtues of wine that provoke
wine-drinking, the details and particulars of family affairs or
those songs that mock and ridicule
others.
However, songs that are free from such unlawful things and they
consist of descriptions of the
natural things, such as flowers and streams, etc⌠will be
permissible. Yes, if they are accompanied
by musical instruments, then it will be unlawful even if the song is
full of advice and wisdom,
not because of what the songs consist of, rather due to the musical
instruments that are played with
it.
And it is stated in the al-Mugni of Ibn Qudamah (Hanbali Madhhab)
that musical instruments are of
two types:
1) Unlawful, Such as those that are specially designed for
entertainment and singing, like the
flute and mandolin, etcâŚ
2) Lawful, like the playing of the tambourine (daff) at weddings and
other happy occasions" (Ibn
Humam, Fath al-Qadir, 6/36).
The same has more or less been mentioned in the other Hanafi works
also, such as al-Ikhtiyar,
al-Bahr al-Ra'iq, al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya and others.
Imam an-Nawawi, the great Hadith and Shafi'i scholar states:
"It is unlawful to use or listen to musical instruments, such as,
those which the drinkers are
known for, like the mandolin, lute, cymbals, and flute. It is
permissible to play the tambourine
(daf) at weddings, circumcisions and other times, even if it has
bells on its sides. Beating the Kuba,
a long drum with a narrow middle, is also unlawful" (Mugni al-
muhtaj, 4/429, & Reliance of the
traveller, 775).
There are many other statements of the Fuqaha and scholars such al-
Qurtubi, and each of the four
Madhhabs, but due to the length of the article, I will suffice with
the above.
As for those who hold music to be lawful usually present the Hadith
of Sahih al-Bukhari in which
two girls were singing in the presence of the Messenger of Allah
(Allah bless him & give him peace)
and Sayyida A'isha (Allah be pleased with her).
However, the permissibility of music can not be justified with this
Hadith. The Hadith expert, Ibn
Hajr al-Asqalani has refuted this claim in length in his Fath al-
Bari, 2/345).
Firstly, theses young girls were singing without any unlawful
musical instruments and secondly,
the content of the song was regarding war, thus perfectly lawful.
Also, they were not professional
singers as the words of the Hadith clearly indicate.
Some try to justify music with the Hadith in which the
permissibility of playing the tambourine
(daf) is mentioned.
However, as stated in the works of the Fuqaha, to play the
tambourine is permissible at weddings,
as it is not designed for sole entertainment and pleasure, rather
for announcement, etcâŚ
Conclusion
In the light of the above evidences from the Qur'an, sayings of our
beloved Messenger of Allah
(Allah bless him & give peace) and texts of the various Fuqaha, the
following is the decisive ruling
with regards to music:
Musical instruments that are solely designed for entertainment are
unlawful, with or without
singing. However, to play the tambourine (daf) at weddings (and
other occasions according to some
fuqaha) will be permissible.
As far as the songs are concerned, if they consist of anything that
is unlawful or they prevent
one from the obligatory duties, then they will be unlawful. However,
if they are free from the
abovementioned things (and they are not accompanied by instruments),
then it will be permissible to
sing them.
And Allah Knows best
Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari, U.K.
Originally posted by: angel.41
lol i feel like im being attacked rite now đ newayz....maybe i reacted a little too much i apologize to everyone for begin such a stupid idiot..lol i just want that we finish this discussion rite now before we start throwing joote at each other...lol once again im sorry for creating such a big scene
You don't need to be sorry, you don't need to apologise and you are certainly not a stupid idiot. You saw something that made you feel bad and shared it with us. That is your right. You are entitled to your own opinion and you have a right to express is. It doesn't matter if other people don't agree with you. It's ok to differ and you have said nothing that could possibly offend someone else.
Now back to the topic lol I've noticed that in a lot of shows religions are disrespected. For example how many a time God gets challanged by a human? đ It might look cool and powerfull to the creatives, but to me it looks plain stupid, dumb and disrespectful to all religious people. I hardely watch these shows anymore, but when I do I make sure I change the channel once such a stupid scene is coming up. đ¤˘
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