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Posted: 10 November 2006 at 5:43am |
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The voice of Shaitaan Rasulallah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Proclaim the haqq, even though it maybe bitter". The issues of the status of music in Islam is one about which much has been said and written. Whether it is due to our own negligence or silence with regards to this topic, the Fact, is that a significant percentage of the ummat remains uncertain of the ruling regarding listening to music. Sadly, despite the obvious uncertainty that lurks, the general perception seems to be that listening to music is ok and thus listening to music has become a waajib act of Muslim youth throughout the globe. Today it must be one in a thousand Muslim youths that doesn't listen to music despite the grave warnings that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) issued against people who listen to music. Zaid Bin Argam (radhiyallahu anhu) narrates: "Once a youth while singing passed by Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) who was walking in a street of Madinah. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Alas! O young man! Why do you not sing with the Qur'aan (i.e. recite it beautifully instead of singing songs)? He repeated this statement several time." (Dailmi) The kufaar have openly declared their love for music and seemingly, life cannot go on with out it. Families cannot drive to destination without music playing in the car. The malls, convenience stores, service stations and even public toilets seize to function properly without a galaxy of speakers hanging from the ceiling. There is no argument abut the fact that music has infiltrated every facet of life. Hadrat Ibn Abbaas (radhiyallahu anhu) narrated that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wassalam) said: "On the Day of Quyaamah, Alaah Azza Jl will proclaim: "Where are those who had protected their ears and their eyes from the musical instruments of shaitaan?" (Allah Ta'ala will instruct the Malaaikah): "They (the Angels) will separate them and have them seated on dunes of musk and ambergris then Allah Ta'ala will say to the Malaaikah: "Recite to them My Tasbeeh and My Tamjeed." The Malaaikah will then recite to them with such beautiful voices, the likes of which no one had ever heard." Cellphones (whose essential purpose has no relationship with being entertained by listening to music) have also succumbed to the voice of shaitaan and quite notably even our youngest Muslim children carry in their pockets the latest cellphones that boast and even better ability to churn out the kufar anthems that promote the abandonment of hayaa and the khauf of Allah Ta'ala. A tool of the Devil In a lengthy Hadith shareef narrated by Hadhrat Abu Umaamah (radhiyallahu anhu), it is mentioned that on the occasion of the expulsion of shaitaan from the heaven and his exile to earth, he (Iblees) supplicated to Allah Ta'ala: "O my Rabb! You have exiled me to earth and you have made me accursed��.. Now, therefore bestow to me a caller (who can call to my path). `Allah Ta'ala said: "(You caller) is musical instruments ������" (Tibraani) Even the learned folk among the nasarah will admit that musical instruments and music originated with Iblees. No amount of research is needed to confirm the clear fact that music is completely unnecessary and isn't an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. It is unthinkable that any Muslim with a healthy imaan will do his utmost to find loopholes in order to legalize the voice of shaitaan, for it renders no benefit to the ummt, especially in this crucial time when the ummat is in dire need of Allah Tala's nusraat. Allowing ourselves to follow the kufaar to the extend that we make futile acts an incumbent practice and vital part of our lives instead of filling that void with naafil ibadat, illustrates that grave depth of our slumber. Hadrat Abu Burzah (radhiyallahu anhu) narrated: "We were with the Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) on a journey when he heard two men singing. The one was responding to the other (by means of singing poetry). Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) then said: `Look who these two are.' They (the Sahaabah) said: `They are s and so (naming them). `Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) the cursed, saying: "O Allah! Cast them upside down in Jahannum." (Majmauz Zawaaid) If the poetic singing of these two men as a means of conversing with each other could cause a supplication of this nature to emanate from the mubarak lips of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). Imagine what emotions go through the heart of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wassallam) every Monday and Friday evening when it becomes know to him that some members of his ummat cannot go anywhere without enjoying and imitating the singing of immoral kufaar men and women and evil musical instruments blaring from their cars and even celllphones in absolute defiance and disobedience to his command. Music has become like the modern day replacement of scripture and has been termed `food for the soul'. It touches on virtually every imaginable aspect of human life and seems to want to take the role of wahi (revelation) by serving as a pillar of guidance to the masses of the world. It comes as no surprise then, why a certain alim of deen referred to music as "the Quran of shaitaan". A lot of the time the lyrics of popular songs seemingly give the listener a solution to the problem he/she might be faced with at the time, whilst some songs give the listener a way to express his jubilation. The confounded listeners carry out their expression by singing at the top of their voices even in the toilet. Anger, love, hope, struggle or any other experience that life might take you through-music caters for you situation. Allah Ta'ala has warned us not to take shaitaan as our friend for surely he is unto manking an open enemy. The believer is supposed to walk a different path in life. Taking Allah Azza Wa Jal alone as his wakeel, the mu'meen raises the hands towards the heavens asking of Allah Ta'ala in times of tribulation and making shukr to Him in times of delight. Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan Bin Auf (radhiyallahu anhu) narrated that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "I have forbidden two ignorant immoral voices: (The first) � the sounds of futility at the time of merrymaking, and the musical instruments of shaitaan. (The second) � the wailing sounds at the time of calamity when the face is struck and the garments are torn." (Haakim in Mustadrak) What we currently observe is that music has been made as vital part of relaxing and calming the nerves and this evil practice stands in stark contrast with the correct method of relaxing and disrupts the course of the one who seeks nearness to Allah Ta'ala and remembrance of maut (death). Precious time is wasted in satisfying the nafs and the hear and mind are far removed from the concept of akhiraat. The past time of a large number of Muslim youth has become one of merrymaking, driving around the dunya in frivolity with cars churning out the latest hits of shaitaan like their kufaar counterparts. Gatherings where Muslim youths compare whose car has the loudest sound have become like a waajib, weekly festival. According to a youth of a leafy Muslim neighbourhood in the Gauteng region, "The sun must rise". Such confounded gaterhings where youths sing along until the early hours of the morning right through the mubarak time of tahajjud and even fajr are devoid of the glad tidings of the malaaika and are in fact attended by shaitaans. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu anhu) narrated that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "The Malaaikah do no associate with a group in which there is a dog or a bell (Muslim and Abu Dawood) Hadhart Abu Umaamah (radhiyallahu anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "When someone raises his voice with singing, Allah Ta'ala sends two shaitaans who sit on his shoulders striking his breast with their heels until he stops (singing)." (Tibraani) Recent scientific experiments have proven that music affects ones emotions, possess the ability to increases arousal in terms of alertness and excitement and also leads to various physiological changes in the listener. A person's mood can change with the song he/she may be listening to. Some songs induce feeling of sadness and others seemingly bring excitement and joy to the heart. This effect, quite interestingly, can be achieved at an alarming rate without even the aid of lyrics. The combination of the different satanic elements of a song alone, are sufficient to manipulate the listeners heart and mind. An individual's emotions can be altered literally within seconds. A song listened to today can be replayed in the brain some ten years later with the exact rhythm and tune. It doesn't take the most learned of men to realise that this is extremely hazardous and can render irreparable damage to the heart and imaan of a Muslim. Hadhrat Ibn Mas'ud (radhiyallahu anhu) narrated that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Beware of listening to musical instruments and singing, for verily, both these acts germinate nifaaq (hypocrisy) in the heart just as water causes vegetables to grow." (Kaf-fur Ru'aa') Sunnat Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) regarded listening to music as an immoral act form which his followers should abstain. Listening to music constitutes disobedience and defiance of Nabi-E-Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). Sitting at gatherings where singing and music pollute the atmosphere and the listeners ears and enjoying such gathering amounts to kufr. Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Listening to music is sinful. Sitting at such gatherings is fisq (immoral transgression). Deriving pleasure from it is kufr." (Nailul Autaar) The punishment for listening to music far outweighs the apparent pleasure that is induced by listening to the voice of shaitaan. Hadhrat Anas (radhiyallahu anhu) narrated that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Whoever sits and listens to a singing girl, Allah will pour molten lead into his ears on the Day of Qiyaamah." (Ibn Asaakir) Hadhrat Ali Bin Abi Taalib (radhiyallahu anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "When my Ummah indulges in fifteen misdeeds, calamities will settle on them. Among these are singing girls and musical instruments." (Tirmizi) Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu anhu) narrated that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "During the last of ages (in close proximity to Qiyaamah) a nation form my Ummah will be disfigured (and transformed) into apes and pigs. `The Sahaabah said: "O Rasulullah! Will they be Muslim?" Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Yes, they will be testifying that there is no deity but Allah and that I am his Rasool, and they will be fasting (in the month of Ramadhaan). "The Sahaabah asked: "O Rasulullah! What will be their condition (to warrant such chastisement)?" Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "They will be indulging in musical instruments, singing girls, musical drums, and they will be consuming liquor. They will one night go to sleep after their liquor and amusement. When they arise in the morning, they will have been disfigured (and transformed into apes and pigs)." (Kaf-fur Ruaa') Conditioning of the masses With the advent of advanced computers and recording equipment, it has become known that music can be utilised as a tool of backtracking and brainwashing. When a song is played backwards, a different message can be heard. The frightening part is that although his may not be heard by the listeners who play the songs in normal mode (with the tape going forward) this message can be picked up by the subconscious mind and it takes its effects when the listener resigns to sleep. All sorts of shaitaani messages can be used to brainwash the masses to a certain way of thinking. Allah Aza Wajal alone knows best whether this evil conditioning of the masses has commenced or not. This vicious system of backtracking can result in a Muslim who listens to music chanting utterances of shirk without his/her awareness. The Danger Aiding shirk in any way can have calamitous repercussions at the time of maut and can even lead to dying without imaan. Allah Ta'ala has warned the believers in the Quraan Majeed to die only in the state of Islam. If we fail to live up to his command and leave this world without imaan because we couldn't live without a miserable activity like listening to music and while engaged in this futile activity we knowingly or unknowingly participated and aided in shirk, we will have only ourselves to blame! It behoves us to now to evaluate our spiritual condition and strive to make islaah of the nafs. If it applies, cut out the vile act of listening to music. This applies to Muslims of all ages especially the youth. You can never be too young to make amal-e-saliha and abandon frivolous acts that only pave the path to jahanam. From experience it is understood that cutting out the evil of music form one's life may be hard as it may have taken firm root in the heart and system by now. However, remembering the promise that: what Allah Ta'ala has in store for the mu'mineen in the akhiraat is far better than the enjoyment and entertainment of this world, should soothe the heart of the mu'min. "And verily, the reward of the Hereafter is better for those who used to believe and used to fear Allah and keep their duty to Him (by abstaining for all kinds of sins and evil deeds and by performing all kinds of righteous good deeds)." Surah Yusuf, 57 |
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amlhabibi2000
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Salam Alaikoam
There is nothing wrong with most music, it calms and refreshes the spirit and soul. However it is true that some music is less than disirable but there are few instances of that most music is worth listening to. Allah would not have created it if he did not want people to enjoy it and it is enjoyable to listen to and to dance to. Only old foggies say music is haram. Salam Anne Marie
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Judgement day passes in the moment we decide something needs attention & we take positive action. Then there will be a great sorting out of people into groups, Inspired by Surah 99 Ayat 1-8
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ejdavid
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ysimjee - Regarding Music: The voice of Shaitaan...
Some forms of music are contemplative and spiritual, or simply celebratory, while others are satanic. Certainly, banning them all would eliminate the satanic kind. However, people like dancing at weddings and other happy events, and banning that would not, IMHO, do very much to advance human morality. PS: Please write shorter posts in the future, and refrain from excessive font sizes. They are a shaitaanic distraction... Edited by ejdavid |
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