 According to modern day psychology music has its advantages and disadvantages. Some have indicated that music is a form of relaxation as well as a form of medicine for the heart. Many people have made it a necessity for music within their daily lives. You see weddings not happening without music or dancing in them. We see people going to work and back from work without music being played in the background. We go into a shopping mall, a restaurant, a grocery shop. Music has to be played in the background. We see we go even to the further extent that when people even actually go to Islamic centers they have music playing in their car while they're going to listen to a lecture. I have lived in Canada for the majority of my life and I've looked at the variety of different music genres, artists from Jay-Z to Drake to Rihanna and the majority of hip hop, rap, rock, R&B and so on and so forth. Now this, the topic of music, has affected our lives and the lives of many youth across the world. Now in what way and how did it affect us? We look at, for example, it even began to be played in our Islamic so-called centers. Sometimes when you have a wedding in an Islamic center, music is played in the background whether Arabic or English. Now how do we go about solving this? What's the solution to this? Now Sayyidah, Ammar and Aqshawan is joining us tonight to talk about the topic of music on the eighth night of Ramadan. Sayyidina, As-salamu alaikum. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullah. Very well. Thank you. Thank you very well. Thank you. Looking very sharp today. Thank you. Thank you. Likewise. Sayyidina, now if we were to go about talking about the aspect of music and looking at the various angles of it, how or what are the main terminologies that are looked at or mentioned? Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, it's the topic that we get asked about the most at any question-answer session. As in the last 17 years, I cannot remember a question-answer session finishing without a question on music. It really goes to show you that it's not only part and parcel of the life and the history of the human being, but it's something that can be addictive as well. There are people out there, dare I say, who know more lyrics of music than they know more verses of the Holy Qur'an. If you were to ask many of the Muslim world, I'd say if you're looking over 50% of the Muslim world will probably know more lyrics of musicians than they know verses of the Holy Qur'an. Yes. It seems to be just simply a book that has to be respected but not necessarily read, whereas the lyrics of musicians, people can memorize them in a split second. Now when we're coming to discuss music, it's not just a matter of saying music is haram and that's the end of the discussion. It's a very complicated discussion. It really is. And when I say complicated, there's a lot of people out there who might frown at a person saying the discussion concerning music is complicated, but there's a number of issues which people are asking about. And even the Arabic usage for what is seen as being music and the usage of what was the originally Greek word which we use today, music, even that differs. In Arabic, you're focusing when you're using the words which discuss music, you're looking at, you know, ghinna and ugnia, for example, you're looking at ta'rab. These are the type of words which can always be found within any discussion of music. Ghinna will focus more when you're looking at this topic in the Arabic language, that's more focusing on the larynx and the movement up and down and the pitch change and so on. Maybe the term music when used in English is more looking at the instrumental aspect. In Arabic, you're looking more at the movement of the tone and the voice and so on and the angulations that can be seen. Secondly, the legal practitioners who you're asking questions about music being halal or haram, many of the names you just mentioned are not necessarily names, they're going to say, okay, hold on, let me just listen to what this guy is saying and then I'll get back to you. So you're not exactly going to go to a grand scholar and say to him, is Jay-Z Halal, is Kanye West Halal, is Rayana Halal, is Selena Gomez Halal, is Taylor Swift Halal. And by the way, for the viewers, I only know these names because of the guy who's presenting, I really don't know much about these people. But what you find is the legal practitioner of any religion, be it the head scholar of Islam, the Mufti, the Marja, the Pope, the rabbis, you know, they're not going to be people who are going to say to you, okay, wait one second, let me just download on iTunes, for example, what Kid Cudi is doing or for example, what any of the other famous singers have sung or you're not going to find someone living in Lebanon who's going to say to you that, let's just listen to what Nancy or Amr or Haifa or any of them have to sing before I come back to you with what, whether it's Halal or Haram. Already there's an obstacle there. So what's happening here is you've got these terminologies, which talk of the voice movement, which talk of whether ecstasy or an ecstatic movement of the body, for example, is going to result. So when you're looking at ghenna, you're looking at tarab, you're looking at all of these words, you're looking at lahu, you're looking at lagh, you're looking at words of whether the words of the musician versus the tune of the musician, these are also things to consider. Yes, of course. You're also looking at which things are associated with frivolous gathering, like which genres of music or which tracks are going to be played at a club and which ones would never be played at a club. And from there, a person's going to ask the question that if this particular piece of music would never be played in the gatherings of transgressors or the gatherings of sin, and would it be allowed or not. Then you've got another discussion which is about cultural chanting versus what is classified as instrumental music. Then you've got discussions about which instruments are specific for a use, meaning they're only used in gatherings of disobedience and sin and which instruments can be used positively and negatively. That's a discussion. So from the outset, anyone who thinks the discussion on music is an easy discussion, it's not. What's clear, as I said in the beginning, is that there are many Muslims in the world today who know more lyrics of musicians than they know verses of the Holy Qur'an. And that has to be a point of reflection in the month of the Qur'an. That why is it that I may have memorized the lyrics of a musician inside out? You say the first word, I'll say the rest. But when it comes to the verses of the Holy Qur'an, you know what, I don't have time, you know what, I'm busy, you know what, it's difficult, you know, you know, you know. These are things to reflect upon as well in this discussion. Now you mentioned a lot of points just right there, but sometimes the question that has always raised or the discussion, what's the Islamic view? How did Islam approach the discussion on music? Sure, the first area in my opinion in discussing Islam's approach on music, if I were going to tell you, when you listen to music, which part of your body are you using to listen? Naturally, the answer would be the ears. The ears, wonderful creation of Allah SWT. Anyone in the world of biology, anyone who has studied the ears, an amazing creation of Allah SWT. But like any of the parts of the body in Islam, they have a haqq over us. They have a right over us. What kind of right? What type of right? Let me explain. Yes. The book, I believe, is the best book to give to a non-Muslim. It's the Risaleh al-Huqooq of Imam Zayn al-Abideen, alayhi salam. Imam Zayn al-Abideen, as we know, is the great grandson of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon his family. This work, Risaleh al-Huqooq, is a monumental book to give to any non-Muslim when you want to understand how everything around us, in existence, has a right over us, which should never be abused. Treaties of rights. The treaties of rights. You know how you've got the Magna Carta and you've got the Declaration of Rights and the, you know, conventions and so on. Imam Zayn al-Abideen, Risaleh al-Huqooq, does something wonderful. He begins by making the human reflect. After Karbala has taken place, the human being has completely forgotten the rights that God has entrusted them with. It's forgotten God's rights, forgotten the right of the self, forgotten the right of the eyes, the rights of their fathers, the rights of their mothers, the rights of non-Muslims. Imam Zayn al-Abideen decides that it's about time the Muslim sits back and asks themselves a question. The ears that God gave me, they are entrusted to me and there's a responsibility like my hands, for example. They have a right over me. My feet have a right over me. Someone might say, where? Surat Yasin. Yes. Yes? The second last page. You see it to Kallimuna? I see him. Tehshadu? Arjuluhum. Our hands will speak on the Day of Judgement about what they did in Halal or in Haram. Our feet will speak about where they walked in Halal or Haram because on the Day of Judgement, our body parts will tell God whether we looked after them or whether we abused them. Even the skin. All of our body parts will speak. Even Imam Zayn al-Abideen, Risaleh al-Huq, talks of the rights of your private parts, whether they were used in Halal or in Haram. Now, when you come to the right of the ear of the human being, look how beautiful this is. When you come to the UN Declaration or you come to the Magna Carta, I don't think any of them have spoken about the right of the ears. They haven't. Ahlul Bayt, Alaym Al-Salam, the beacons of knowledge that they are, have even discussed the right of the ears of the human being. What does Imam Zayn al-Abideen say? And I'd like this to be the first part of our discussion. Why? Because a lot of people will say, well, you know, are you sure? It's Haram, my marja says this, this marja says that. Wait. Put all this aside. Your ears on the Day of Judgement, you've been entrusted with this form of rizq. You know, there are people who can't hear. The fact that we can hear, Imam Zayn al-Abideen says something phenomenal. He says know that the right of your ear is that it is the direct pathway to your heart. Subhanallah. The ear, he says, is the direct pathway to the heart. So make sure you accustom your ear to listen to that which is good. Subhanallah. Ahlul Bayt have not left an area, Alaym Al-Salam, but they've discussed it. The right of your ear is that you know it is the pathway to your heart. Accustom your ear to hear that which is good, not obscenities and foul language. Now, when I hear Imam Zayn al-Abideen, Alayh al-Salam, tell me that my ear, the right of it, is that I accustom to it, that it listens to that which is good because it's the pathway to my heart. Why is he telling us that it's the pathway to the heart? What I listen to is gonna have a bearing on the purity of my heart. We know on the Day of Judgment, يوم العين فعمانون ولا بنون, إلا من أت الله بقلب سليم. On the Day of Judgment, our wealth and our children will be no avail to us. What will be of avail to us? That pure heart. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala tells us, many times in the Quran, that try and ensure that you come back to me with that قلب سليم. Yes. That is the sign of your success. One of the avenues of the قلب سليم, one of the avenues which man has to consider has a bearing on the direction of their heart, is what, is their ears. Have you noticed how Allah puts the heart with the ear on many occasions in the Quran? ختم الله على قلوبهم. وعلى سمعهم. Subhanallah. وعلى سمعهم. وعلى ابصارهم. ابصارهم. Allah has put a seal on their heart. One of the directions is the? The ear. The other direction is the? Eye. ختم الله على قلوبهم. وعلى سمعهم. وعلى ابصارهم. Or, النسم, البصار, الفؤاد, all of you will be asked about how you looked after them. All of you will be asked about how you were responsible with them. Now, if my ear has a haq on me, when my ear has a haq on me, I have to ensure that what I listen to in my ears is not lies, not backbiting, not gossiping. You see, the more of these that I listen to, the more my heart is far away from what? It's far away from the قلب which is known as قلب السليم. I have to make sure that I do not accustom my ears and abuse the right of my ears, except that I make sure that what they listen to is good. Why does Allah swt in the Quran say اجتنب كثيرا من الضن ان بعض الضني اذ ولا تجسسو ولا يختب بعضكم بعض All of these eyes in the Quran, why is Allah swt telling us about them? Because Allah is reminding us, the heart, the ear have a relationship. Don't damage that relationship. And in the Quran, God says a wonderful, there's a wonderful eye in the Quran. No two hearts in man's body, yes? Never will you find two hearts in the body of one man. Meaning, you got to make a decision about where you want to be on the day of judgment. You want to be with the people who've come back with that pure heart that's not being tainted by foul language. That's not being tainted by frivolous words or words that oppose the teachings of Ahlul Bayt, Alem Al-Salam. You see, sometimes if I'm going to be listening to music, I go ask myself, that which is coming through my ear to my heart, is it something Imam Al-Hussein would be proud of? Can you give us a few examples? A few examples in terms of what? Lyrics of musicians? No, when we're looking at the lyrics of musicians, there is a general principle. Yes. That general principle is that the lyrics of the musicians that I'm listening to has to be in line with the teachings of Al-Muhammad. Now, how many times can you tell me that there are musicians whose words are in line with the teachings of Al-Muhammad, Alem Al-Salam, or the way they conduct themselves in that music video? Thank God for MTV revealing all of this. MTV, if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't see the video, we'd only see the tune. When we'd hear the tune, we hear the words, the words are so nice. When you see the video, if you're going to see bikini-clad girls on the videos, if you're going to see a guy proud of his drug taking, or for example, drinking or less severe sways, then that should give you an indication, what am I listening to? I, who Imam Zayn Al-Abideen, Al-Salam, has told me that the right of my ear is that I understand that it is the pathway to my heart. So I should accustom it to that which is good. I lower myself and degrade myself from the words of Imam Zayn Al-Abideen and start taking on the words of those who are far away from the path of Al-Muhammad, Alem Al-Salam. That's a valid point. Before, when we begin the discussion on music, it's not about going straight away to a legal discussion or legal terminology only. There is a need for us to understand in the same way to kallimuna aidihim, tashhadu arjuluhum, in the same way that our hands will say what they did in this world. Our books are going to be given to us. You're not going to be able to deny anything that's in those books. And you want to make sure that it's not munkara nakir you got me. Yeah. You want Bashirah, Mubashirah, and someone's going to give you some glad tidings. Now, when we're coming, we understand that the right of the air's direction to the heart, Imam has made it clear to us now that that air has to be protected. Now, since we mentioned Ahl al-Bayt and Imam al-Sajjad, Al-Islam, and him being a descendant from Prophet Muhammad, we see the objection from the other side where a lot of books, no, not a lot of books, but some do mention a Prophet Muhammad enjoyed music and music gatherings. Now, is this true? And what can't like what? I mean, the greatest person who's telling him, not just the music, yet we find him in books. He's listening and enjoying dancing and stuff. Sure. I find it very sad. The way the image of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and his family has been tainted in our own literature, in the Muslim world's literature. When Salman Rushdie wrote the Satanic verses, I wasn't surprised when he said that I've used Muslim literature to write. There is some, or there are some narrations in our books which have portrayed the Prophet, peace be upon his family, in the saddest of ways and the most degrading of ways. Believe you me, there are certain anecdotes and narrations about the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon his family, which are far from his character. Wow. About how he was in his bedroom, about how he was in his private life. Open discussions about him. And these discussions highlight to us that the biography of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon his family is a biography which has been tainted with lies by enemies of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon his family. Either those who claim to have converted to the religion of Islam, in the guise of new Muslims who were originally from other religions, all those who claim to be close to him but ended up being the scribes of the Umayyads and the Abbasids. You're absolutely right when you say that there are traditions which say that the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon his family, was a man who'd run around with dances around him, music being around him. Yeah, that's unfortunate. And I've seen traditions where companions try and reprimand him. Wow. Wow. Which is unbelievable. Unbelievable. The man who God sent as a mercy to mankind. The man who God says is of sublime morality. There are narrations in the biographies which tell us that the likes of the first and the second caliph would reprimand the gathering of music, but the Prophet would say, don't worry, every nation has a day of Eid, so music is allowed today. Are you serious? I remember reading in Bajr, Bukhari, narrations which are there which talk of the Prophet Muhammad in gatherings of music. Wow. And the companions are stunned why, for example, Aisha, the wife of the Prophet and him are sitting together and why they've got musicians, why they've got dancers. One narration even mentioned how he was telling his wife, Aisha, that the Ansar woman liked music, so have you guys prepared music for this gathering? I'm not surprised at the end of the month of Ramadan, the holy month of Ramadan. I wouldn't be surprised if there are Muslims who have already planned a nightclub or clubbing events or a party at the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Oh yeah, they're planning. I would not be surprised. Don't, because they are. At the end of the holy month of Ramadan, I wouldn't be surprised if there are Muslims out there who fasted the whole month and then on the day of Eid, they'll have a DJ, clubs, parties, rowdy, they go crazy. It happens. But someone turned around to you and say, because you know what, the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family, on the day of Eid, he said, you know what, music's out. In the school of Ahlul Bayt, alayhum salam, we reject all of these traditions. My biography of the Prophet, peace be upon him and his family, comes from the imams of Ahlul Bayt, alayhum salam. It doesn't come from ex-pagans. My biography comes from the imams of Ahlul Bayt, alayhum salam. And even in our biographies, I'm not surprised if there are fabrications. I'm not surprised in our books, if the Abbasids didn't even try and change some of our traditions and distort some of our works. And Muhammad Baqir, peace be upon him and his family, may Allah bless his soul, he has a discussion where he states that the imams would write something and then the governments of the time would take that literature and change it. So those who come and try and say that the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family, was a man who used to say on the day of Eid, you know what, get the musicians out, get the dancers out, you know what, my wife, come, let me piggy bank you around. Let me piggy bank you around, for example, the room, and let's dance with the rest of the dancers. This is far away from the teachings of Ahlul Bayt, alayhum salam. One of the questions that we got says regarding the treaties of rights, by al-Masjid Jalla, al-Islam, al-Haqqoq, is there an English translation for that? There is an English translation of Rasalaat al-Haqqoq, of Imam Zayn al-Habani, al-Islam. The analysis by Qudratullah al-Mashaykh and the translation, Lisa Zaynab Morgan, if I'm not mistaken, and Ansariyan publications in Qum have it available or it's online on al-Islam.org. Now, another question that we got from Masjid Jalla is, if all of our body parts are going to testify against us, then what happened if we repent sincerely to Allah, will He forgive us? The doors of forgiveness are always open in the religion of Islam. Never, ever close the doors of forgiveness on anyone. Don't ever judge anyone that that's their last moments and that they'll never change. Huru bin Yazid al-Riyahi taught us a wonderful lesson on the 10th of Muharram. Even in your last day, the door of repentance, last moment, the door of repentance is open for you. You've done an act where you've disobeyed God, God is merciful, God welcomes His flock. Every time there is a verse you'll find about hell, later God says, but we are the all forgiving. So the doors of forgiveness are open for all of us. Now, earlier you mentioned the terminologies, gina, tarb, and all these terminologies that you mentioned. Now, the Quran specifically, a lot of people argue that the Quran has not explicitly mentioned the word gina. In what other terminal, has the Quran just music? This is always a fascinating question because even if I now, from now until tomorrow, give every ayah of the Holy Quran, which refers to music, you'll still find people saying that it's not in the Quran. Firstly, how many Ruq'a do we pray Salat al-Maghrib? Three. Aisha? Four. Fajr? Two. Is it in the Quran? No. No. Does it say to pray in the Quran? Yes. Yes. For example, which ayah tells us pray? Aqe Musrat? Salat, yeah. Is there any ayah in the Quran that says Maghrib is three or Aisha is four? No. Who told us Maghrib and Aisha were three and four? The five generations of Allah. Of course, the Imams of Ahlul-Bayt, Alaym Al-Salaam. And that's why the Prophet said that I'm leaving behind for you two weighty things. Hold on to them and you'll never go astray. The Quran? And the Ahlul-Bayt. And my Ahlul-Bayt, my Ahlul-Bayt, my Ahlul-Bayt. Wow. They will not separate from you until we meet and, insha'Allah, drink from that pool of kotha. Insha'Allah. When we look at any verse of the Holy Quran on any issue, I want to know what did Imam Al-Baqir say on this? What did Imam Al-Sadaq say? What did Imam Al-Kabab say? Because for the other beacons of knowledge. Yes. There are numerous ayahs in the Holy Quran. Let me give you an example. If now someone tells you, show me an ayah in the Holy Quran. If I show him, for example, Surah 23, verse three. Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Al-aflah al-mu'minun. Al-ladinahum fi-salatim khash'i'un. Wal-ladinahum an-il-laghwi mu'aridun. That person who's asking me, where is it in the Quran? You'd think it's someone who's a master of Arabic, professor of Arabic, knows Islamic history inside out. So when I say to him, wal-ladinahum an-il-laghwi mu'aridun, you'd think that the person was trying to say, okay, laghwi, I know the meaning. The problem is, the people who are asking, half of them, they're Arabic, is not at that level where they know how these terminologies were even being used at that time. And the other half are not acquainted with the traditions of Imam al-Baqir or Imam al-Sadaq when it comes to tafseer of these verses of the Holy Quran. When you're asking me, is music mentioned in the Quran? Firstly, as we said, there are many different words which were associated with the music at that time. Ghina is one, tarab is another, lahu is another, laghu is another. All of these words have a relation to music, either the playing of music, the listening to music, or the vanity of the words of the music. So, Surah 23, verse three, qad afl hal mu'minun, successful are the believers. How are they successful? Al-ladinahum fi sadaatihim, those who have reached that humility in their prayer, the cognizance of God's presence. wal-ladinahum an-il-laghwi mu'aridun, What's the correlation? And those who keep away from what? Because inna s-salah atanha an-il-fahshai wal-munkah. Your prayer would keep you away from evil and decency. The next line, those who stay away from lagh, they ask Imam al-Sadaq, what is lagh? He said the words of the musicians. That the believers are not those who will listen to music and the words of the musicians. Now that's Imam al-Sadaq talking. Imam al-Sadaq, why does he need to mention music in this ayah? Why? Why? As in, could Imam al-Sadaq have just mentioned something else? Why does he specifically say music and the word of the musicians? Because he knows there's a generation when he's living between the Umayyads and the Abbasids, while Muslims were moving to the frivolous world of the musicians. So Imam al-Sadaq, alaihi salam, was making clear, have you forgotten the meaning of lagh? Another ayah in the Quran, where a person actually purchases music. Today we download music, let's say for free, but then there's others who pay, there's others who'll pay for musicians. I guarantee you that in some of the most respected families who love Ahl al-Bayt, they will hire a musician for their son or daughter's wedding day. And they will be paying $100,000, $50,000, a million dollars, they'll do that. If you show them the ayah Surah 31 verse six, there are those who buy lahua al-Hadeeth, now again, someone says, why, does it say music? No, Imam al-Sadaq looks at the word lahua al-Hadeeth, says this refers to the words of the musicians, those people who actually will pay a person to sing for them. And the Arabs used to do that, some would actually pay a slave, just come, you got a good voice, just come and sing for me. Allah says in the Quran, ومن الناس من يشتري, there are those who buy lahua al-Hadeeth, ليظل عن سبيل الله بغير علم. And this deviates them from the path of Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala. That's where Surah 31 verse six of the Quran. Now we mention two ayahs. Two ayahs. Well, Allah I can mention now, from now until the day of judgment, 6,600 ayahs. Still some will say, bring me Imam al-Sadaq and then I'll have to listen and think about it. We can only provide the Hujjah. اِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ السَّبِيلَا اِمَّا شَاكِرُ وَا اِمَّا كَفُورًا Another ayah. There are those who when they see the clubs and the concerts will walk past with respect, will not go in and listen to that musician. Again, lahua is mentioned. وَإِذَا مَرُوا بالَّغُّي مَرُوا كِرَامًا When they walk past lahua, when they walk past vain words, frivolous words, they will walk past with a decency. They will not allow any of that to affect them. Here you have, in the Quran, Allah says, He's referring to the words of the musicians, the purchasing of music, and the walking past of places where the whole community or city is gathered for music. If now, on my Facebook account, in Muharram, I put all the Imam al-Hussain tags, Imam al-Hussain, Karbala, Ashura, we will never forget who is Hussain and so on. And then a few months later, I put great concert, great night, great, oh, this is the best tune, too rocked and so on. There's two hearts in one, what do you know? A person has to make a decision. I'm on the path of whom? The path of the Prophet and his family, and their tafsir of the Holy Quran, not say, Ammar's tafsir, listen, I have no tafsir of the Quran, and I'm no one who claims to know anything of the Holy Quran. I take from Imam al-Baql, Imam al-Sadaq. If Imam al-Baql, Imam al-Sadaq have told me that the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him in his family has said, Surah 23 verse three, Surah 25 verse 72, Surah 31 verse six, even Surah 22 verse 30, for example, which tenable ridged them in the other, which tenable called al-Zur, called al-Zur, Hajj Ahmad, which tenable ridged them in the other, which tenable called al-Zur, in Surah 22 verse 30. Imam al-Sadaq was asked about call al-Zur, he says that call al-Zur refers to what? Those words that people listen to the musicians that oppose the teachings of Islam, that teachings of reality, the teachings of God. Let me ask you, in your, let's say, I don't like what this is going. Yeah. In your travels around the world. Allah. Can you name me a couple of lyrics, which are of a famous, let's say, musician of a genre, which you could argue could be determined or defined as call al-Zur. Allah saying keep away. From call al-Zur. Call al-Zur, that those lyrics which oppose the teachings of Ahl al-Bayt, you ever come across any music which is completely against what Fatima did Zahra, al-Islam, would have taught? Because I've got to ask myself a question. Either I'm with Ahl al-Bayt in full submission or what I feel like, because remember in early Islam, there was a group of people who came to the Prophet, peace be upon him and his family, they said to him, Ya Rasulallah, do you mind if like, we pray, we'll fast, but can we still gamble? Go on. There's some who came and said, Ya Rasulallah, you know, we pray, we fast, but can we still visit our idol once because I will say this, listen, said, Muhram and Safar, I love Imam al-Hussein, but do you mind if we just listen to music like just a couple of days of the year, like just have it all out, your guys and girls dancing, everything, when you're coming to call al-Zur, have you, do you remember any lyrics of any musicians where you could say that that lyric is opposite to what the Quran teaches? I mean, not really specific lyrics, but if you look at, you know, Wiskalifah, Masha'Allah, what's he saying? I mean, in one song? Hujjat al-Islam, yes? Wiskalifah, I mean, that good, if you listen to the song, that good, you'll see what I'm talking about. That's good, for example. But don't go listen to it. I mean, don't. And is there any other examples? I'm sure there's many. Many examples. There are. Started from the bottom and you... It started from the bottom and then won't? And now we're here. And now we're here. That doesn't sound too bad to all honesty, but I'd gather that, you know, the type of people who's singing that with him aren't exactly look-alikes of the companions of Imam al-Hussein. Now, when we're looking at this, therefore, you've got all these verses in the Holy Qur'an. Supplemented with traditions from the Ahl al-Bayt and stories of the Ahl al-Bayt, Alaykum As-Salam. Say, for example, someone says to me, well, I don't want Qur'an, okay. Imam al-Sadaq, alaykum As-Salam. Meet someone, say to him, where did you sleep last night? You've just come into town. He said, I slept at So and So's house. The person said, I looked at Imam al-Sadaq. I noticed the change in his character, in his complexion. I said, Imam, what's wrong? He said, how could you sleep in that person's house when that person is known to play music in their house? If Imam al-Sadaq, alaykum As-Salam, felt there was no issue with music. We may come later on to discussing the genres, and if Imam al-Sadaq is looking at this person saying, you stayed at that person's house and you know that person's got musicians and music around his house, the person asked the Imam. He said, Imam, and what happens to a house where music is played? That's the secret, Allah. What happens to a house where music is played? What happens? Imam al-Sadaq, alaykum As-Salam, looked at me and said, do you not know that in a house where music is played? Number one, the angels do not visit that house. Now, Kiram and Qadibi and our group of people, you want to respect. Yeah. They know what they are doing. Secondly, the supplications of the supplicants of that house are not answered. How many times do we get people emailing us? Why is my Doan not being answered? Why is my Doan, in some cases, in some cases? I don't want to generalize. But when the Ahl al-Bayt, alaykum As-Salam, say that's a person who's playing music in their house, which opposes the words of Ahl al-Bayt, which is vain, which is frivolous. Then you have thirdly, he says, and do not be surprised if a sudden calamity affects that house. Sometimes a person, I don't know what's happened to my house and everyone wants to blame it on black magic. Why blame it on black magic? I remember when I gave my lecture on black magic a couple of years ago, the whole earth emailed me. I'm affected by black magic. What's the cure for black magic? What's this? Okay, wait, sometimes it's not black magic. Sometimes even in the dua, Khuma'il we find, Allahumma gharlid the noble, that he ta'besu the dua. Sometimes there are sins that are making our dua not being answered by Allah, SubhanAllah. Therefore when Imam al-Sadaq, alayhi salam, says this, Imam is making clear to us that it's not just a matter of going to attend concerts. Even you downloading these things at home. Even these are things to think about. Imam al-Kadim, alayhi salam, done it in a different way. Explained music in a different way. How? In Sufism. Yes. And Sufism music is an integral feature and certainly the music in Sufism is far away from frivolous or vain. There's more of a case of folk chanting. Some call it qawalis, others give it different names. Bishr al-Hafi is a fundamental figure when you discuss spirituality in Sufism. Ahmad, hafi, what does it mean in English? Hafi? Hafi. Barefooted? Barefooted. Someone thinks, hold on a minute, is this guy's surname Hafi? Yeah. Bishr al-Hafi, no? Bishr al-Hafi. Ah, Bishr al-Hafi. Imam al-Kadim, alayhi salam, was walking past this house one day. They were all listening to music in the house. When he was walking past the house that day, the narrations, what do they mention? They mention that one of the ladies of the house was outside the house, she was sweeping the floor. And Imam could hear the music being played inside, so Imam asked her a question. Is the owner of the house a free man or a slave? Look at the different angle which Imam approached. This is a wonderful explanation by Bab al-Hawaraj. Wow. Is the owner of the house a free man or a slave? The lady said, the owner of the house is a free man, of course. He said, you're right. If he was a slave, he'd recognize the master that he's disobeying. Subhanallah. Killer. In Tashahud, in Salah every day, what does a Muslim say? And please correlate this with when we're listening to vain or frivolous words of musicians which oppose the teachings of Ahlul Bayt. Ashadu. Ashadu. Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, and Ashadu. And Ashadu, And Rasul. Rasul came first or abd? Abd. The highest honor for the Holy Prophet, upon him is, what? His servitude to Allah. Subhanallah. Abd. Yes. On the night of the ascension. Glory be to the one who ascended, his servant. When she went back in the house, Bishr looked at her, he said, who were you talking to? She said, this man, he looked like this, this complexion. He said to her, what are you saying? She said, he said, is the owner of the house a free man or a slave? So what did you say? I said, you're a free man, of course. I said, why? What was his reply? Said, yes, he's a free man. If he was a slave, he'd remember the Lord that he's meant to be worshiping and not disobeying. He felt so guilty. And you know that guilt? It's a wonderful thing. It shows you're alive. You see, if you're listening to music and you're listening to people who are cursing or frivolous, all words which aren't cursing or frivolous, but purely something against the teachings of Ahlul Bayt in terms of the principles, in terms of the ethos of the message, if you don't care about it anymore, I'd reflect on where my nefs is. I want my nefs to reach Mu'tma'innah, but I certainly don't want it to be Ammarah. Lawama is healthy. Bishr ran out of that house, Haafi. Not even wearing it, he ran Haafi. Where's my master, Musa Al-Ja'far? He knew it was Imam Musa Al-Ja'far. He said, Imam, please forgive me. Imam said, Allah will forgive you if you sincerely are repentant. Here, what did the Imam do? Imam didn't just come and say music is haram. He said, ask yourself. A servant of Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, would they be listening to such personalities? Are these the people who are reflections of Ahlul Bayt, Alaykum As-Salam? Imam ar-Radha, Alaykum As-Salam, someone came to us and said, Imam, is music? We've never heard you say music is haram. He said, simple. If I were to ask you the music you listen to, is it the music? Is it of the path of truth or the path of falsehood? Then you can make your decision. Yes. If you believe that that musician, the way they're dressed, the way they look, the way they're behaving in that video, if you believe that that's the path of Ahlul Bayt, your answer, your Lord. Therefore, you find that Imams, in some cases, told us what the disadvantages are, and others, they told us, use your head. Do we really need to tell you what's haram? Exactly. When a person comes and asks me, Jay-Z, what's the other names? Kanya, Wiz Khalifa. Yeah. What's the other names? You know, I'm looking at the guy. If you think there's a type of guy who would have been with Ahlul Bayt, I'm gonna listen to him. I don't need to come and tell you every single tune whether it's a laad or not. Yeah. Now, Sayyid, we have a question from Hassan Ali. He says, your opinion on the use of music in Noha and Marsiya? In Noha or a Marsiya, or a Latmiya, or an Ashid, you must refer back to your Maraja. You'll find that there are Maraja who completely prohibit. Even if it's the words about Ahlul Bayt, they prohibit if you could see that this is causing people to act in a way far from the teachings of Ahlul Bayt, a person can't just put a tune of a famous, you know, Nashid or Qasidah so that they could rave it up that day. Yeah? And then the Islam wants you to have a dignified. Yes. So Islam wanted you to be dignified. Sorry to cut you off. We do apologize for the noises interfering with the show. Coming from outside Fibyl Haramain. Pilgrims are passing by right now with a loud speaker reciting to Hassan Ali As-Salam. Sure. As I said, so a person has to be someone who is dignified. Yes. It doesn't matter. Nashid, Latmiya, maintain your dignity. Maintain your respect. I'm not going to sit here and deny that I'm sitting here as an angel who in his youth was not affected by these things. But when we come back and look at the Marajah, the Marajah are telling us that even if it's something which is a Nashid, don't let that be an excuse for you to suddenly act like how you'd act in a hip hop or R&B stage. Try and maintain your dignity at all times. Now a question from Ahmad Ali. Can we put rap or can a person rap to the Ahlul Bayt with no beat? Once again, if a person is reciting poetry, what's rap? Poetry. If you're reciting this poetry at a particular beat, at a particular speed, you haven't used, for example, a tune from gatherings which are known as gatherings which are frivolous or full of vanity. There's no harm. On the contrary, the poets of Ahlul Bayt, a person who writes poetry for Ahlul Bayt, Ahmad As-Salam, you, inshallah, will continue to be someone in the line of the great poets of Al-Muhammad, inshallah. You know, from the past of Da'bal ibn Ali al-Khusai to Haider al-Halli, to others who have done a phenomenal service to Ahlul Bayt through their poems. We need more out there who write poems for Ahlul Bayt. But don't try and mix it with that which is associated with scenes which aren't of the best of morals in their background. Now another question that is also related to what we're talking about is the drums that are used. Is that allowed? And because we're talking about instruments and buying, you know, lahual hadith, is also drums purchasing the same way or no? When you look at the ulama in their discussion of instruments, it's very interesting. You see, you've got a certain context as well for these discussions. I remember one of the great scholars who I had studied under, when we were discussing this, he says, there are certain instruments which are definitely only used for the gatherings of frivolity, for example. And he tried to mention a few. Then there are other instruments which can be used for halal and for haram. And he had an interesting division. Yes. In his division, this is his division. So there's something like that, in his opinion, the uud, for example, that wasn't going to be used for anything holy. But in his opinion, for example, the drums, the violin. The violin. While there are traditions that one may argue that, for example, ma'am al-baq, ma'am al-sadaq, maybe there's a tradition that says this is something, the context may be associated with the abbasids and their immoral usage of it. But if I can use an instrument for the purposes of serving the madhab of Ahl al-Bayt, al-alim, al-salam. Today in Iran, for example, you have films that have been made where instruments are clearly being used. But the ulamah have said that those particular instruments, if they're used, you can't just say that they're absolutely haram in all their usages. There are some contexts where a film may be made about Nabi Yusuf, al-alayhi salam, or about Imam al-Rudha, al-alayhi salam. As long as this isn't going to lead to Lahu, or Lagh, or Qawla-Zoor, but it's being used in a way which is going to serve the religion, then you have certain scholars who allow. We can't put an absolute blanket and say that every single instrument has been prohibited. The drums had a purpose, say rallying people for war, and not the purpose of sitting and suddenly being in a rave with all of them. You know what I mean? So there's positive and negative usages of instruments. But to put a blanket statement, you'll find that there are scholars who have said that no, there are some of these instruments that can be used in a positive manner. Someone's asking about clarinets. I'm not the person to ask about each and every instrument. I don't have a degree in that field. Suffice for us to refer back to our Maraja and inshallah they can guide us. Inshallah. This person is saying, what is your view on people who listen to music to please saftan or to stay away from depression? Does it really keep us away from depression? Music keeping me away from depression, I'm not gonna deny that, say for example, some Maraja completely prohibits. Some might say classical. It has a soothing or calming effect. Some may say, if you follow your Maraja, you ask. But if that classical music is helping you, then there may be some who allow it. But I would say that while depression, there are people who are experts in medicine who can discuss this much more than me. Ahlul Bayt, Alaym Al-Salam, go and study their traditions. Build a relationship with the Holy Quran, with the works of Al-Muhammad, Alaym Al-Salam, with the mustahab, the recommended acts that they've left behind for you. These are things that hopefully will help you. Don't let people tell you, well, you know what? If you don't listen to music, then you definitely never gonna be happy. Because I've heard people say, you know what? I can't drive except that I listen to music or I can't sleep except that I listen. You know, even there's a verse in the Quran that with their voices, shaytan will affect them. Now, when the Quran is saying this to us, you'll find that even some of the discussions concerning the dajjal, the one-eyed imposter system, that system that seeks to deviate. One of the things that it'll do is that it will make people say, well, you know what music is fundamental in my life? If I don't have it, I can't be happy. Yes. My dear brothers and sisters, there are oceans of wonderful anecdotes and traditions about the Ahlul Bayt, Alaym Al Salam, which all of us should go and open up and study. Don't reach a stage where you're that spiritually low, where you turn around and say, well, you know, if I don't have this, then I'm not gonna be strong enough. Habib and Muslim made them in kumail. They needed music for them to reach the highest levels of spirituality. Always, Al-Qarani and Salman and Abu Dharan, Hamar bin Yasir, needed music. Some may argue that they've lived in a different time, different era. Habibi, Arabs are Arabs. Music is fundamental in their lives, believe you me. We discussed. There was music in the time of the Prophet, peace be upon him? Of course. The Umayyads loved music. The Abbasids loved music. Mutawakil Abbasi used to have a singer on the 50th of Sha'ban, he said, where is she? She was a dancer for him. 50th of Sha'ban, where is she? They said to him, oh, she's going to Hajj. He's like a Sha'ban. She had gone to do Ziyarat in Imam Hussain, peace be upon him. She still had an affinity with Imam Hussain. When she came back, he was angry with her. How dare you leave? She was a dancer and singer, he's a Khalifa. Mutawakil Abbasi, they tried and praised him by saying Muhyiddil Sunnah, the person who ensured the sunnah of Rasul. These were all listening to music. Don't think that the Arabs all of a sudden have started to listen to music. And don't think that Salman and Abu Dhab, their tribes, weren't people who enjoyed music. These Arabs loved these musicians coming in Badar, Uhud, Khanda, Khaybar. They wanted music to rally them. So for a person to come and say today, well, you know what, they lived in a different time. They lived at a time. Why was it called Jaheliyah? When God calls a period, Jaheliyah. It's not just burying your daughters alive. It's the merry-making, the alcohol, the adultery, the music. Many of these go hand-in-hand with each other. Don't get me wrong. When I sit here in front of you, you think these names that you mentioned, I disagree with you that they have wonderful voices? I don't disagree. You think I disagree with you that a person does not want to hear some of their tracks or some of their lyrics? I don't disagree. I, firstly, have the highest role models I wanna live up to. And they are Muhammad and I'm Muhammad, salallahu alaykum. Secondly, I have a day of judgment. When I go in that grave, my wedding I'm gonna be asked about. I'm gonna be asked about my funeral. I'm gonna be asked about the way I live between the two. I don't want blemishes on my book. I've already got too many. Yes. All I need to do is reflect and ask myself a question that that which I'm listening to. Is it a reflection? Now, someone asked me a question. They said to me that, okay, I go to a shopping center. There's music played there. So what do I do? There's a difference between a place you've gone purposely to listen to music and a place where music is in the background. Yes. When I'm in a shop, if all of a sudden music is played, I'm like, oh, this is a great track. I'm gonna stay here. That's haram. If however, I'm shopping, listen, this is always gonna be in the background, but I'm not going into the shopping center simply because they play great music. That's a different story. So those people have also tried to say, well, you know, there's music everywhere. So how are we gonna stop it? No, there are conditions also to the music that we listen to. Hopefully we can continue this in a different time. We will get to answer some of the questions that have come in about music, but in the second part of today's episode, insha'Allah. So respect the viewers, do stay tuned for we have reached the last portion of today's episode, the general Q&A with Dawg Seraama Naqshwani, but we will take a short break, live footage is from the holy city of Karbala, Ahmad Hussain, and Abul Fadr Abbas. So do stay tuned for that and don't go away because we're coming back to you very shortly. So stay tuned. Respect the viewers, welcome back. Hope, insha'Allah, enjoy those live footage from the holy city of Karbala and we are back with the last portion, general Q&A with Dr. Seraama Naqshwani, Sayyidina, welcome back. Thank you. Now, before the break, the discussion was amazing. We did get a lot of feedback and a lot of questions relating to that, but we will go to the general Q&A. If we have time, we'll come back to the other questions as well. The first question that we have is one second, sorry. So yeah, so the first question that we have is one second. Yes, if a lot of people, a husband makes a promise to his wife, a sincere promise, is he obligated to fulfill it? Well, naturally he's obligated to fulfill that promise, but again, are we talking legal? Are we talking ethical? Yes. A social agreement before a marriage takes place, that is something which is legally binding and that remains. Ethically, a Muslim is always one who looks after their promises. Another question that we have, what do I do when I'm at a wedding and music started to play in the background? Well, we have a principle for any social gathering and that is that the moment the laws of Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala are broken in that gathering in the sense that there is an aim, for example, from the fellow Muslim to break one of the laws of the Ahlul Bayt, Alaym Al-Salam, then it's not permissible for us to be in that gathering. I shouldn't cause a scene nor should I be rude, but rather I can excuse myself by saying, for example, that I thank you for the invitation and now I'm gonna make a move. But there's no need for a person to be rude to someone else. At the end of the day, if they have taken that on board and they believe that that is the way of the Ahlul Bayt, Alaym Al-Salam, then it's completely up to them. But for a person who follows Ahlul Bayt, Alaym Al-Salam, the moment a gathering is mixed with, for example, the ecstatic behavior and which goes on to frivolous behavior and sinning begins to take place. Today, sadly, we hear in some of our weddings that it's normal now for the bride in the groom to make out in front of everyone. Or it's normal now for the bride to dance with all her cousins and her husband's friends. Now where these things came from, I do not know, but inshallah our community can reflect. Another question that we have is I am mentally challenged and wearing hijab in the heat increases my headaches. We have a call before this question. As-salamu alaykum, brother Muhammad, As-salamu alaykum. As-salamu alaykum. Alaykum As-salamu alaykum. I actually have called to ask a question from Dr. Ammar Nakhzani. As-salamu alaykum to you, Dr. Ammar. Wa alaykum As-salamu alaykum. I actually, maybe my question is not directly related to the program of tonight's music program, but I would like to ask this question from you. I want to take your time long. I just wanted to say that I have been following your majlis for around four years online. And honestly, as a 23-year-old young student, I have learned a lot of things from you. And I think Allah SWT has answered many of my questions by your lecture. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Dr. Ammar Nakhzani, my specific question is that around me, I see many of my friends and colleagues or Muslim young people who are, you know, everyone is studying a certain specialty. One wants to become a doctor, one wants to myself, I'm studying architecture, some what else is studying something else. However, our goals in life are very personal goals, you know, everybody is trying to achieve something when we have discussions for personal desires, to have good personal life. My question is how can we direct the work and the effort we are, and the time that we are investing in the way of Islam, in a way that it would be a global objective that would satisfy our spiritual goals rather than only personal desires which are worldly. I don't know if my question is clear enough. Thank you. It's very clear. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you very much, Dr. Ammar. Thank you. Habibi Sayyidina. Islam is a religion of balance. Yes. You know, Imam Alif Nami Talib says, live in this world like you're going to live in it forever. But plan for the hereafter as if it's going to come tomorrow. Therefore, try and put a balance in planning for your worldly gains and for your hereafter. Yes. Don't focus too much on just doing the religious work and not do anything for your worldly aspirations because worldly aspirations still, they're going to be for the benefit of your religion and for the benefit of humanity. And when you serve the creation, you're serving the creator. Yes. Try and be someone who serves the whole of God's creation, not just the Muslim, the non-Muslim, anyone who's malnourished, poverty-stricken, in need of charity, always try and be there for them. But make a nice balance in your educational life, your family life, as well as your spiritual life as the great prophets and saints of Allah. Now this person asks, we do ask the question once again, I am mentally challenged in wearing hijab and he increases my headaches. Sorry, I missed the topic on hijab. What shall I do? Am I now observing hijab due to my religion? Well, if someone is mentally challenged, the laws differ for them when it comes to the obligations in the school of Ahl al-Bayt. My advice would be to write to your marja and to ask him and to make clear in which way you are mentally challenged and whether the laws will apply to you in terms of your particular situation. Now this person, Amal Ja'far, Ja'far, yes. Is it permissible to do, to do safar in order to break, safar in order to break your fast if the day is too hard? Please explain. Once again, a question in relation to people's maraja and who they follow. If you feel the fasting is a fast which is too long for you, the maraja differ in relation to what one's responsibilities are and the length of the fasts. If you're looking at, for example, those who now are fasting 20 hours, 21 hours, Aitullah Sistani, may Allah lengthen his life. For example, discusses that fast as much as you can. If you do get to that stage where it's extremely unbearable, that something's gonna happen which is harmful to you, then there may be the breaking of the fast but of course you would have to make this up later. Then there are other scholars who, for example, like Aitullah Zanjani has discussed that some may be allowed to take, for example, or drink a little bit of water, for example, or even as we know there are the rules regarding the tasting of food that's being cooked at a minimal amount. Yes. Then there are others like, for example, Aitullah Shirazi, both said Saidaq Shirazi and Aitullah Nasr Al-Makaram Shirazi, who have discussed about the lengthy hours and the difficulties in fasting these lengthy hours and have come to their own conclusion based on, for example, the orf of what is seen as being day and how it relates to a normal day. Therefore, each person should refer back towards their marja to see that what are the laws when the fast becomes unbearable for them. Now, we do have another call. As-salamu alaykum. Brother Amir, as-salamu alaykum. Alaykum as-salam, Alaykum as-salam. Alaykum as-salam. Yes. Welcome to the show, Ramadhan with Dr. Salman al-Aqshwani. Ramadhan, I'm going to call it to you and to see with Ammar. To you as well. I have one question that's always coming around in my mind. Yes. It's not maybe also to be going to be in tonight's topic, but I want to ask it to Sayyidina. Sayyidina, I want to ask you between, we have Hadith that says, Walatakh al-Ardu in Hajjah. So after Prophet A'if, alayhi salam, has passed away or has raised up all the Hajjah of Allah between that period and until the arrival of Prophet Muhammad, alayhi salam. Thank you very much. Insha'Allah you get to answer that. So the Hajjah, who is the Hajjah on this earth? Yeah. Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, we're talking, I don't think he's talking right now. I think I heard the question as between Prophet Jesus and Prophet Muhammad, alayhi salam, alayhi salam, alayhi salam. Yes, between Prophet Muhammad and Jesus. Yes, yes, yes, that's the point. We have for example a discussion concerning this and I have a lecture which is available on YouTube which discusses the period between Prophet Jesus to Prophet Muhammad, alayhi salam. If you go on YouTube and you type my name, it is from my Shah Ramadhan lectures last year on the Seerah of the Prophet, peace be upon him and his family. And the lecture looks and is titled, if I'm not mistaken, After Prophet Jesus or Prophet Jesus to Prophet Muhammad and within there, I've discussed all the opinions of the ulama concerning the disciples of Jesus in their position, the Aussiyah of Jesus between Jesus and Muhammad, alayhi salam, as well as the discussion that if there wasn't a Hujjah, does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala judge a group of people if the proof has not come to them? These were the three main discussions that I have discussed in that particular lecture. Refer please back to that lecture from last, the holy month of Ramadhan last year about the period between Jesus and Muhammad, alayhi salam, alayhi salam. Yes, so thank you very much. Another question that we have, can you give us some tips on how to memorize the Quran? A few tips so we can... A few tips on how to memorize the holy Quran. First and foremost, I would say, first memorize the names of the chapters of the holy Quran. Begin by just memorizing the names of the chapters. In order? Well, naturally, I don't want you to memorize 25 and then 114. Of course, I want an order. Try and memorize the chapters of the holy Quran. If you can, try and begin with the smaller ajza of the holy Quran. Begin with juz'ah amma, then 29, 28, and so on. Try and work your hardest on recital of the Quran as much as you can, slowly the words and the verses will become part and parcel of your life. And if you can, try and memorize a page a day of the holy Quran. If you're not feeling that day, then try another day. Don't exhaust yourself. Make it something which you enjoy doing. And before beginning any act, try and dedicate that act to one of the family of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and his family. Yes, another question that we have last question today. What's the opinion of Abu Hanifa and Ahmed bin Hambal on music? Ali from Canada, yes. Abu Hanifa on music went to the extent to saying that if music is played in a house, you can raid that house. You can? Raid the house and stop the music playing. Ahmed bin Hambal's son, Abdullah, asks him a question about music to which Ahmed bin Hambal replies, music is something that grows hypocrisy in the Muslim. Therefore, these are the opinions of the Hambal and the Hanafi schools on these areas. Last question, I think this is very nice because a lot of people get to experience Sabika says, what do you do with my kids? What to do with my kids? I have scheduled music classes in their school. Should I have her sit outside of her class while her friends attend? She may feel left out, or should I let her go ahead and attend? Well, one school of thought is to say that, for example, the learning of the musical instruments is something which is frowned upon. Another school says no, not all musical instruments are frowned upon, and nor may they necessarily be at the age of adolescents or taqlif where these laws are binding upon them. Best to refer to your marja and see what his advice, inshallah, is one final word to say. Yes. Before we conclude, Sheikh Abdul Hamid Kishk may Allah bless his soul, the famous Egyptian scholar and preacher of Cairo on the 10th of Muharram said something beautiful. He said knowledge lies on the ground in Karbala while music sits on the throne in Damascus. Wow. And that should give you an understanding of hopefully where you would have been on the 10th of Muharram. While music sat on the throne in Damascus, knowledge lay on the ground in Karbala. Allah, thank you very much, Sayyidina, for joining us tonight. Hopefully we can get to learn as much as possible from tonight's episode. So, as for the viewers, thank you very much for tuning in. 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