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The Status of Music in Islam
by Saleem Bhimji
Who was the founder of Music?
لما مات آدم عليه السلام وشمت به
إبليس وقابيل فاجتمعا في الارض
فجعل إبليس وقابيل المعازف
والملاهي شماتة بآدم عليه السلام
فكل ما كان في الارض من هذا الضرب
الذي يتلذذ به الناس فإنما هو من
ذاك.
"When
Adam (peace be upon him) passed
away, Iblis and Qabil (the son
of Adam) were delighted. They
both gathered on the Earth and
Iblis and Qabil used a Ma'azif
(stringed instrument - violin,
guitar, piano, etc.) and the
Malahiyah (any type of musical
instrument) to rejoice on the
death of Adam (peace be upon
him). Thus, whatever types of
instruments are on the Earth
that people derive pleasure from
are from these instruments (that
they had first used).
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه
وآله: كان إبليس أول تغنّى
The Prophet of Allah (blessings
of Allah be upon him and his
family) said: "(Iblis
was the first person to play
music/sing."
قال الامام جعفر الصادق عليه
السلام: مَنْ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ
عَلَيْهِ بِنِعْمَةٍ فَجَاءَ
عِنْدَ تِلْكَ النِّعْمَةِ
بِمِزْمَارٍ فَقَدْ كَفَّرَهَا وَ
مَنْ أُصِيبَ بِمُصِيبَةٍ فَجَاءَ
عِنْدَ تِلْكَ الْمُصِيبَةِ
بِنَائِحَةٍ فَقَدْ كَفَّرَهَا
Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad
as-Sadiq (peace be upon him) had
said: "When
a person is graced with a
blessing from Allah and with
this blessing, the person goes
towards music, then verily he
has been ungrateful to Him. As
well, if a person is afflicted
with trials and tribulations
and he responds to them by sighs
or lamenting, then too, verily
he has been ungrateful to Him."
As for the punishment of one who
listens to Music, we read the
following narrations from the
Prophet and his Ahl al-Bait:
قال الامام جعفر الصادق عليه
السلام: ان شيطاناً يقال له:
القفندر، اذا ضرب في منزل اربعين
صباحاً بالبربط ودخل عليه الرجال
وضع ذلك الشيطان كل عضو منه على
مثله من صاحب البيت، ثم نفخ فيه
نفخة فلا يغار بعدها حتى تؤتى
نساؤه فلا يغار.
Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad
as-Sadiq (peace be upon him)
said: "Verily
Shaitan is referred to as
al-Qafandar (one with a bad
face) because he spends fourty
days in the house of a person
who plays drums and cymbals. The
Shaitan strokes all the parts of
the person's body (so that the
eyes, ears, tongue and all other
parts of the body are placed
under the control of Shaitan so
that they can all fall into
sin). After this, in order to
completely drown the person in
evil and darkness, Shaitan blows
a wind into this person, making
him become utterly shameless so
much so, that even if his own
wife was to have unlawful
relations with another person,
he would not be concerned or
affected." (Usul al-
Kafi, Volume 6, Page 432)
قال الامام جعفر الصادق عليه
السلام: يت الغناء لا تؤمن فيه
الفجيعة، ولا تجاب فيه الدعوة،
ولا تدخله الملائكة
Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad
as-Sadiq (peace be upon him)
further said: "Those
who live in a house in which
music is played are not
protected from painful death and
troubles, their supplications
are not answered, and the Angels
do not enter (their house)."
(Usul al-Kafi, Volume 6, Page
433)
قال الامام جعفر الصادق عليه
السلام: لا تدخلوا بيوتا الله
معرض عن أهلها
Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad (peace
be upon him) said: "Do
not enter into the houses which
due to committing sins
(listening to music) have been
prevented from enjoying the
mercy of Allah." (Usul
al-Kafi, Volume 6, Page 432)
قال الامام جعفر الصادق عليه
السلام: ضرب العيدان ينبت النفاق
في القلب كما ينبت الماء الخضرة
Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad
as-Sadiq (peace be upon him)
said: "Playing
music (for example hitting the
drum, etc.) makes hypocrisy grow
in the heart, just like water
makes vegetation grow."
(Usul al-Kafi, Volume 6, Page
434)
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه
وآله: إنّما نهيت عن صوتين أحمقين
فاجرين: صوت عند نعمة لهو ومزامير
الشيطان وصوت عند مصيبة خمش وجوه،
وشق جيوب، ورنة شيطان.
The Prophet of Allah (peace be
upon him and his family) said:
“Verily I was prohibited from
two types of sounds which are
useless and vain- one is the
sound of the vain song or chant
and the sound of Shaitan that
misguides people; and the other
is the crying that one does when
he hears of a problem which
accompanied by the scratching of
the face, ripping of the clothes
and the satanic sound of crying
accompanied with this.”
(Al-Ghadir, Volume 8 Page 235
Mustadrak al-Wasa’il, Volume 13,
page 218)
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه
وآله: لا تدخل الملائكة بيتا فيه
خمر أو دف أو طنبور أو نرد ولا
يستجاب دعائهم و ترفع عنهم
البركة.
The Prophet of Allah (peace be
upon him and his family) said: "The
Angels do not enter into that
house in which there is alcohol,
a drum, a tanbour or cards
(gambling instruments); their
supplications are not answered
and the blessings are removed
from them." (Wasa'il
ash-Shi'a, Volume 12, Page 235 I
Mustadarak al-Wasa'il, Volume
13, Page 218)
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه
وآله: الغناء رقية الزنا.
The Prophet of Allah (peace be
upon him and his family) said: "Singing
(music) is close to adultery."
(Ad-Dur al-Manthur, Volume 5,
Page 308 I Mustadarak
al-Wasa'il, Volume 13, Page 215
(new print))
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه
وآله: إياكم والغناء ، فإنه يُنقص
الحياء ويزيد في الشهوة ويهدم
المروءة ، وإنه لينوب عن الخمر ،
ويفعل ما يفعل السكر ، فإن كنتم
لا بُدّ فاعلين فجنبوه النساء ؛
إن الغناء داعية الزنا.
The Prophet of Allah (peace be
upon him and his family) said: "Stay
away from ghina (singing and
music) because it destroys the
shame (modesty) and increases
the sexual excitement. It kills
one’s manliness and verily leads
one to alcohol and he will then
become drunk. Thus, if you are
lead into music, then stay away
from women since music and
singing will lead a person to
commit adultery."
(Ad-Dur al-Manthur, Volume 5,
Page 308)
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه
وآله: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ
وَجَلَّ بَعَثَنِي هُدًى
وَرَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ ,
وَأَمَرَنِي رَبِّي أَنْ أَمْحَقَ
الْمَزَامِيرَ ، وَالْمَعَازِفَ ،
وَالْخُمْورَ ، وَالأَوْثَانَ
وامور الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إلى ان قال
إن الات المزامير شراؤها وبيعها
وثمنها والتجارة بها حرام. الخبر.
The Prophet of Allah (peace be
upon him and his family) said: "Verily
Allah, the Highest appointed me
to guide (mankind) and as a
mercy for the entire universe,
and commanded me to remove the
Mazamir (a type of drum), the
Ma'azif (a stringed instrument
such as a piano, violin, guitar,
etc.), the autar and the awthan
as well as the acts of the
period of Ignorance." He then
said, "Verily the instruments of
music, its construction,
selling, profit and trading (of
them) are all forbidden."
(Mustadarak al- Wasa'il, Volume
13, Page 219)
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه
وآله: يحشر صاحب الطنبور يوم
القيامة وهو اسود الوجه وبيده
طنبور من نار ، وفوق رأسه سبعون
الف ملك بيد كل مقمعه يضربون وجهه
ورأسه ويحشر صاحب الغناء من قبره
اعمى واخرس وابكم ويحشر الزاي مثل
ذلك وصاحب المزمار مثل ذلك وصاحب
الدف مثل ذلك
The Prophet of Allah (peace be
upon him and his family) said: "The
person who plays the drum will
be raised on the Day of
Judgement while his face will be
black and in his hands will be a
drum made of fire. Above his
head will be 70,000 angels and
in the hand of each of them will
be a chain, which they will hit
against that person's head and
face. The person who sang will
be brought forth from his grave
blind, deaf and mute. The one
who performed adultery will be
gathered and raised in the same
manner. The one who played the
wood instrument will be the
same, and so will the player of
the drum." (Mustadarak
al- Wasa'il, Volume 13, Page
219)
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه
وآله: من استمع الى اللهو يُذاب
في اذنه الإنك.
The Prophet of Allah (peace be
upon him and his family) said: "One
who listens to lahw (music or
any vain talk) will have hot
molten lead poured into his ears
on the Day of Judgement."
(Mustadarak al-Wasa'il, Volume
13, Page 222)
قال الامام جعفر الصادق عليه
السلام: المغنية ملعونة ومن اداها
ملعون وأكل كسبها ملعون. Imam Ja'far
ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (peace be
upon him) said: "The
female slave girl or woman who
sings is cursed, and so is the
one who gives her money, as well
one who spends that money is
also cursed." (Safinatul
Bihar, Volume 2, Page 32) |
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