In Islam, listening to music and singing is a sin and cause for the sickening and weakening of the heart. The majority of the scholars of the Salaf are unanimous that listening to music and singing and using musical instruments is Haram (prohibited).
Allah said, what translated means, "And of mankind he who purchases idle talks to mislead (people) from the Path of Allah without knowledge, and takes it (the Path of Allah) by way of mockery, For such there will be a humiliating torment." [31:6].
Al-Wahidi (RadiyAllahu`anhuma), along with other scholars of Tafsir (explaining the Qur'an), said that "Idle Talk" in this Ayah is singing. The following companions gave this Tafsir: Ibn Abbas, Ibn Masud, Mujahid and Ikrimah (RadiyAllahu`anhum). Ibn Masud (RadiyAllahu`anhu) said, "By Allah, whom there is no God except Him, idle talk is singing."
The Prophet (SallAllahu `alayhi wa sallam) said (which means), "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 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 He will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection." [Al-Bukhari Volume 7, Book 69, Number 494v].
This Hadeeth states that musical instruments are Haram, and there is no disagreement among the scholars on this. In his book, Ighathat Al-Lahfan, Ibn Al-Qayyim (Rahimullah) said, "When the Prophet (SallAllahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, 'render as lawful,' he meant that it was unlawful, then the people made it lawful."
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Following are excerpts from an interview withEgyptian child preacher Muslim Sa'id,which aired on Al-Nas TV on July 2, 2009.
Interviewer: Sheik Muslim, we've been discussing the Islamic ruling about singing and music. As we know, the Prophet Muhammad said: "Among my followers, there will be some people who will consider as lawful..."
Muslim Sa'id: ... illegal sexual intercourse, silk, alcohol, and musical instruments."
Interviewer: Very good. Thats right. Sheik Muslim, we would like you to explain this blessed hadith to us.
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Muslim Sa'id: The problem is that not enough things are being done, and that people insist on listening to the forbidden singing, to which many people have become addicted except a few, upon whom God has taken mercy. It has gotten to the point that this singing distracts them from many of the religious and worldly matters important to them. This has led to a waste of time and money, to insisting upon sin, and to binding the heart to things other than God. I do not understand what makes people insist upon this. Do they doubt the ruling that [singing] is forbidden? Or is this a weakness of faith and determination? My brother, who proclaims that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah: what is better to listen to the All Merciful or to listen to Satan?
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Mr. Sa'id, I have a question, which my brothers in elementary school can answer. What is the opposite of "consider as lawful"? Forbidding. This means that these issues, mentioned in the hadith, are forbidden, but they are permitting them. Third, they give these things names that are not theirs. This shows that they are changing what these things are called, in order to attract people to them. Fourth, they call "illegal sexual intercourse" or adultery "sex education." Fifth, they call wine "spirits." Sixth, they call the instruments they play "instruments of music and art." They do this to deceive you you poor guy, you poor girl.
Let's use simple language. First of all, singing is composed of three things: melody, lyrics, and a singer. First, the melody. When this melody accompanies any words - even lyrics that mention God and His Messenger it is forbidden, with one exception the use of the tambourine among women. Second, the words. If the words call for polytheism or heresy, if they glorify the polytheists, the infidels, or false gods, or if they cause sorrow or arouse the urges, this is forbidden. Third, the singer. If, by means of his style, he encourages feebleness or promiscuity, it is forbidden. Mr. Sa'id, there are singers who wear necklaces, and make their hair stand on end, as if they are holding live electrical wires.
I KILL YOU!!!
In Islam, the Koran is above over any books including hadiths.
you can still be a model human being without the help of religion
Yes no doubt religion has been used as a form of mass control .. but please do not forget that the most destructive human political forces were SECULAR and tried to eliminate religion (NAZISM & COMMUNISM) ..
both those ideologies have killed more people with more brutality than any other violent 'religious' orthodoxy
Also i would like to just say that Islam means peace, it is a state of being, and a way of life. Just thinking about 'fun' means you have missed the point completely. Every Muslim has a responsibility to worship God, as well as to inform people and call them to true message of Islam. To attack Islam and call it names without any real knowledge is just plain ignorant.
May ALLAH increase his Iman amiin.... May ALLAH bless him and his family Amiin....