 Asalaamu alaikum, Annyeonghaseyo, I'm J.K. Today, I'm going to talk about a question I've been wondering for a long time. Is music haram? Actually, I asked this in my Instagram story yesterday, and more than 400 answers came, and there were so many different opinions. So, to find the answer, I find Quran and Hadith, and also asked Imam. And finally, I organized my thoughts, so I will talk about this today. Actually, I thought about this topic for a long time, because it's a really important topic for me. Then I will tell you my story. I've liked music a lot since I was young. Especially, I fell into British rock music, so I dreamed becoming a musician. My parents didn't like it, but I decided to study music. So, finally, I got into the music college and started in there. Exactly, I started music composing. And finally, 2017, I debuted with my first single album, You Are My Everything. And it's still on my YouTube channel, I think. So, you can see. Oh, no, no, no. Don't see. This is embarrassing. Oh yeah, that's so embarrassing. Anyway, at that time, I was active in a live streaming app named Beagle Life. And there were some friends from Indonesia. So, I had a chance to do promotion in Jakarta, Indonesia. And actually, that changed my life a lot. I finally met many Muslim people in there. And I'm impressed a lot in their kindness and respect. So, music actually played a big role in my interest in Islam. So, yeah, amazing thing. But after that, someone told me music is haram. So, I shocked a lot. Music is haram? Oh my god. I really love music. And I even have studied music for a long time. But is this not allowed? Oh, no. Ah, battery died. So, I searched a lot to get the answer. So, I will talk about that today. First, I'm not Imam and I'm a scholar. So, my opinion is not the answer. It's my opinion. So, let's go. First of all, I asked this question to Imam in Korea. I'll tell you his opinion first. He said, exactly, music or instruments are not allowed. I will read you the Bukhari Hadith, number 5590. Narrated Abu Amil or Abu Malik, Ar Ash Ali. 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. Use of musical instruments. Yeah, Muhammad said, Peace be upon him. Musical instruments are not allowed. The instruments have pitch and rhythm. Because this pitch and rhythm attracts people's mind. And this makes you far from Allah. But drums or percussion is allowed in joyful days, like eats or weddings. And music with only voices, like acapella without instruments, is okay. And worship of God, respect for Muhammad, or love to your brothers. If they have a good content, that's okay. That's fine. That's what Imam said. Then I will tell you my opinion. Actually, I don't want to say this is haram or not. Even imams and scholars have different opinions. So, I don't deserve to say this. What I want to say today is not yes or no. I want to talk about the direction. Yeah, the direction. Which way are you going now? Draw the music. The music itself is haram? I don't know. But whether the music is haram or not, the important thing is, how does the music affect your direction? And how it affects your mind? I think the most important value in Islam is faith in Allah. If the music is out of this value and direction, this is haram. If the music has bad, harmful, sexual, and immoral words and contents, of course this is not a lot in Allah's words. If the lyrics and melody make you away from Allah, this cannot lead you to the right path. And to be honest, nowadays the music industry produce a lot of harmful contents. Make you away from Allah. Bad words, unfair, cheating, article, smoke, drugs, and marijuana. Even in certain genres of music, I have a lot of guts like this way. I have a lot of money. Yes, swag. Sorry. But you know, it doesn't look like swag. It just looks stupid. So these kinds are haram. But all of the music is haram. Even if there is no comfort things, some people find comfort in music and they find peace and happiness. They get the motivation of life through the music. Because the music has the power to move and inspire people. Even music like Nasid can help you to close Allah and make your faith stronger like Maharajain and Sami Yusuf. So what I want to say is you have to think about what the purpose and intention of this music is and how this affects you. Is music haram or not? It can be or not. I hope we don't focus on yes or no. Look at the forest, not the trees. We must see the further things. The inside. What we really need to focus on is our relationship with Allah. Not only music, but anything. If it hurts your relationship with Allah, you would better to avoid it. If this disturbs your prayer, reading the Quran, fasting, then you should avoid it. Whether the music is haram or not, we should focus on how it works in our mind. How it works in our relationship with Allah. Yeah, so that was my thinking. Thanks for this thing in my opinion. Have a good day and take care and be safe.