Nasheed is not part of the religion.

Thursday, November 10, 2011



The Ruling to listen to music:
Music and other kinds of instruments are all evil, they are things that Satan makes appear attractive and enjoyable, and he calls people to them so as to distract them from the truth by means of falsehood , and so that he can lead them away from what Allah loves to what He hates and has decreed Haram (prohibited). Music, the lute of all musical instruments are all munkar ( that which is unacceptable or disapproved of by Islamic law and Muslims of sound intellect) and it is not permmisible to listen to them. It has been authentically reported that the Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam) said:

“Verily, among my Ummah (nation) there will be people who will deem as lawful: Zina, silk, Khamr (alcohol) and musical instruments.”
The "Hir" refers to the illegal sexual relations or zina ( premarital sexual intercourse and/or adultery)
and the prohibited means of entertainment refers to song and  musical instruments. I advice you and the other women or men to increase your recitation and listen to the program of " Nour `Ala Al-Darb"
as such acts include much beneficts and will definitely attract you away from the evil of listening to songs and musical instruments.


May Allah guide all to what pleases Him. He is All-Hearer and Responsive!


SOURCE: Fatwas of Ibn Baz>Volume 3>Evidence from the Qur'an and Sunnah prohibiting and warning against singing and musical instruments>Ruling on listening to music,  part.3, pag. 436

NASHEED:

  • The view of Shaykh  Saleeh al Fawzan (Hafidhahu Allah):
  • Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullah) said: There has been a lot of talk about Islamic nasheeds. I have not heard them for a long time. When they first appeared, there was nothing wrong with them. There where no duffs and they were performed in a manner did not invlove any fitnah (corruption), and they were not performed with the tunes of haraam (impersible) songs. But then , the nasheed changed and we began to heard a rythm that may have been aduff or it may habe been something other that aduff and they began to choose performers with beautiful and enchanting voices , then they changed further and began to be performed in the manner of haraam songs. Hence we began to feel uneasy about them, and unable to use fatawas stating that they were permissibe in all cases, or that they were forbidden in all cases. If they are free of the things that I have refered to, then , they are permissible, but if they are accompanied by duff or performers are chosen who have beautiful and enchanting voices, or they are performed in the manner of indecent songs then it is not permissible to listen to them. Al-Sahwah al-Islamiyyah (p. 185).
  • Shaykh al Albanee (Rahimahu Allah) said:  I remember very well that when I was in Damascus, two years befoe I migrated hete to Amman, some of the Muslim youth starting to sing few nasheeds that had sound meanings, intending thereby to counteract t Sufi songs like the Busayri poems and others. They recorded these nasheeds on tapes but soon it was accompanied by beating the duff!! At first they used it in wedding parties on the basis that the duff is permissible in such parties , then the tapes became widespread and copies were made of them, and they started to be used in many homes. People began listening to them day and night, whether there was an ocassion or not. It became their wayof relaxing. But that is only because of their whims and desires and their ignorance of the shaytaan's tricks , who was diverted them from payying attention to the Qura'an and listening to it- let alone studying it! The Quraa'n (thus), became forsaken by them as it says in the verse: “The Messenger (Muhammad ) will say, “O my Lord! Verily, my people deserted this Qur’aan (neither listened to it nor acted on its laws and teachings).’” [Soorah al-Furqaan (25): 30]” [Tahreem Aalaat al-Tarb (p.181, 182)]
  • Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: To sum up, what is well know in the Islamic religion is that the Prophet (Salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam) did not prescribe for the righteous, devoted worshippers and ascetics of his Ummah to gather to listen to poetic verses recited accompanied with clapping or the beating of a duff. It is not permisible for anyone to deviate from following that wich he (Salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam) brought on the Book and Wisdom, whether that has to do with inward or outward matters, either for an ordinary man or a member of the elite. The Prophet granted  concessions allowing some kinds of entertainment in weddings and the like and he allowed women to beat the duff during weddings and others celebrations. As for the men of his era, not one of them used to beat the duff or clap, rather it is proven  in the Saheeh (Al Bukhari) that he (Salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam) said: "Clapping is for women,and tasbeeh is for men” , And he cursed the women who imitate men and the men who imitate women. Because singing, beating the duff and clapping are things that women do, the Salaf used to call a man, who did those things  effeminate , and this is well know among their sayings. [Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (11/565, 566)]



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