Music is it Haram??
“And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, leave it. And fear Allah: truly Allah is severe in punishment. “ [Qur'an 59:7]
Some people use as evidence the hadeeth about the singing of the two young girls, at eid during the time of RasulAllah Salalahu ‘Aleyhi wa Salam, but we will quote what Shaykh al-Islam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said, because it is valuable:
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“I am amazed that you quote as evidence for allowing listening to sophisticated songs the report which we mentioned about how two young girls who were below the age of puberty sang to a young woman on the day of Eid some verses of Arab poetry about bravery in war and other noble characteristics. How can you compare this to that? What is strange is that this hadeeth is one of the strongest proofs against them.
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The greatest speaker of the truth [Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq] called them musical instruments of the Shaytaan, and the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) approved of that appellation, but he made an exception in the case of these two young girls who had not yet reached the age of responsibility and the words of whose songs could not corrupt anyone who listened to them. Can this be used as evidence to allow what you do and what you know of listening (to music) which includes (bad) things which are not hidden?! Subhaan Allaah! How people can be led astray! “(Madaarij al-Saalikeen, 1/493).
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