Music in Islam.

 I have always heard that music, singing and dancing are haram in Islam. I went to this other site for the first time,XXX, and typed in music and all of these articles appeared which said music,dancing, and singing in Islam is halal??? They said “as long as the 2 sexes are not close together and their is no drinking going on” etc. and they even have hadiths that try to prove our Prophet Muhammed s.a.w was ok with this??? I am very confused now… Could you PLEASE give a full, detailed explanation about the Islamic ruling on music, singing and dancing and when it is allowed, if it is even allowed at all.

Praise be to Allaah.

Ma’aazif is the plural of mi’zafah, and refers to musical instruments (Fath al-Baari, 10/55), instruments which are played (al-Majmoo’, 11/577). Al-Qurtubi (may Allaah have mercy on him) narrated from al-Jawhari (may Allaah have mercy on him) that ma’aazif means singing. In his Sihaah it says that it means musical instruments. It was also said that it refers to the sound of the instruments. In al-Hawaashi by al-Dimyaati (may Allaah have mercy on him) it says: ma’aazif means drums (dufoof, sing. daff) and other instruments which are struck or beaten (Fath al-Baari, 10/55).

Evidence of prohibition in the Qur’aan and Sunnah:

Allaah says in Soorat Luqmaan (interpretation of the meaning):

“And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e. music, singing) to mislead (men) from the path of Allaah…” [Luqmaan 31:6]

The scholar of the ummah, Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: this means singing. Mujaahid (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: this means playing the drum (tabl). (Tafseer al-Tabari, 21/40).

Al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: this aayah was revealed concerning singing and musical instruments (lit. woodwind instruments). (Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 3/451).

Al-Sa’di (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: this includes all manner of haraam speech, all idle talk and falsehood, and all nonsense that encourages kufr and disobedience; the words of those who say things to refute the truth and argue in support of falsehood to defeat the truth; and backbiting, slander, lies, insults and curses; the singing and musical instruments of the Shaytaan; and musical instruments which are of no spiritual or worldly benefit. (Tafseer al-Sa’di, 6/150)

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The interpretation of the Sahaabah and Taabi’in, that ‘idle talk’ refers to singing, is sufficient. This was reported with saheeh isnaads from Ibn ‘Abbaas and Ibn Mas’ood. Abu’l-Sahbaa’ said: I asked Ibn Mas’ood about the aayah (interpretation of the meaning), ‘“And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks’ [Luqmaan 31:6]. He said: By Allaah, besides Whom there is no other god, this means singing – and he repeated it three times. It was also reported with a saheeh isnaad from Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with them both) that this means singing. There is no contradiction between the interpretation of “idle talk” as meaning singing and the interpretation of it as meaning stories of the Persians and their kings, and the kings of the Romans, and so on, such as al-Nadr ibn al-Haarith used to tell to the people of Makkah to distract them from the Qur’aan. Both of them are idle talk. Hence Ibn ‘Abbaas said: “Idle talk” is falsehood and singing. Some of the Sahaabah said one and some said the other, and some said both. Singing is worse and more harmful than stories of kings, because it leads to zinaa and makes hypocrisy grow (in the heart); it is the trap of the Shaytaan, and it clouds the mind. The way in which it blocks people from the Qur’aan is worse than the way in which other kinds of false talk block them, because people are naturally inclined towards it and tend to want to listen to it. The aayaat condemn replacing the Qur’aan with idle talk in order to mislead (men) from the path of Allaah without knowledge and taking it as a joke, because when an aayah of the Qur’aan is recited to such a person, he turns his back as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in his ear. If he hears anything of it, he makes fun of it. All of this happens only in the case of the people who are most stubbornly kaafirs and if some of it happens to singers and those who listen to them, they both have a share of this blame. (Ighaathat al-Lahfaan, 1/258-259).

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“[Allaah said to Iblees:] And befool them gradually those whom you can among them with your voice (i.e. songs, music, and any other call for Allaah’s disobedience)…” [al-Israa’ 17:64]

It was narrated that Mujaahid (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “And befool them gradually those whom you can among them with your voice” – his voice [the voice of Iblees/Shaytaan] is singing and falsehood. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: This idaafah [possessive or genitive construction, i.e., your voice] serves to make the meaning specific, as with the phrases [translated as] “your cavalry” and “your infantry” [later in the same aayah]. Everyone who speaks in any way that is not obedient to Allaah, everyone who blows into a flute or other woodwind instrument, or who plays any haraam kind of drum, this is the voice of the Shaytaan. Everyone who walks to commit some act of disobedience towards Allaah is part of his [the Shaytaan’s] infantry, and anyone who rides to commit sin is part of his cavalry. This is the view of the Salaf, as Ibn ‘Abi Haatim narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas: his infantry is everyone who walks to disobey Allaah. (Ighaathat al-Lahfaan).

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Do you then wonder at this recitation (the Qur’aan)?

And you laugh at it and weep not,

Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing)”

[al-Najm 53:59-61]

‘Ikrimah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: it was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas that al-sumood [verbal noun from saamidoon, translated here as “Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing)”] means “singing”, in the dialect of Himyar; it might be said “Ismidi lanaa” [‘sing for us’ – from the same root as saamidoon/sumood] meaning “ghaniy” [sing]. And he said (may Allaah have mercy on him): When they [the kuffaar] heard the Qur’aan, they would sing, then this aayah was revealed.

Ibn Katheer (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning) “Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing)” – Sufyaan al-Thawri said, narrating from his father from Ibn ‘Abbaas: (this means) singing. This is Yemeni (dialect): ismad lana means ghan lana [sing to us]. This was also the view of ‘Ikrimah. (Tafseer Ibn Katheer).

It was reported from Abu Umaamah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not sell singing slave women, do not buy them and do not teach them. There is nothing good in this trade, and their price is haraam. Concerning such things as this the aayah was revealed (interpretation of the meaning): ‘And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e. music, singing) to mislead (men) from the path of Allaah…’ [Luqmaan 31:6].” (Hasan hadeeth)

Obstacles to Khusoo

Obstacles to Khusoo, virtues of prayer at home and in the masjid.

From the book “as Saalat wa Atharuhaa fee Ziyaadatul Imaan…

Translation by: Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq.

1.      Weak Eemaan in the Meeting with Allah.

Allah the Exalted said: Seek help with patient perseverance and prayer.  Indeed it is hard except upon those who are humble and submissive.  Those who know with certainty that they are to meet their Lord and that to Him they will return.

2.      The whispering of Shaytaan.

Abu Hurairah , radiallahu anhu, reported that the Messenger of Allah, sallahu alaihi wa salam, said:  “When the call to prayer is made, Shaytaan flees on his heels and passes wind with noise during his flight so that he does not hear the adhaan.  When the adhaan is completed he comes back.  When the Iqaamah is pronounced h takes to his heels again until it is completed.  Then he returns again and whispers into the heart of the person (so that person starts thinking about other things) and says to him: “Remember this and remember that. So the person remembers those things which were not in his mind before the prayer began and as a result he forgets how much he has prayed.”

3.      Heedlessness and the hawaa (whims)

4.      Excessive concern with the world.

5.      Abandoning the Masjid and the Congregational prayer.

Abu Dardaa, radiallahu anhu, said:  “The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa salllam) said: “There are no three persons in a town or Bedouins (in the desert) amongst whom the prayer is not established (in congregation) except that Shaytaan has gained mastery over them.  So observe prayer in congregation as the wolf eats the lonely animal.”

6.   Lack of love for one’s Muslim brother for the sake of Allah.

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said: “By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, you will not enter Paradise until you believe and you will not believe until you love one another.  Shall I not direct you to something which if you were to do would cause you to love one another?  Increase in giving salutations to one another.

7.  Not straightening the rows.

8.  Oppressing the servants of Allah and not fulfilling their rights.

9.    Turning around (looking around) during prayer and raising one’s eyesight to the sky.

Qataadah, radiallahu anhu, reported that Anas saying: “The messenger of Allah said: “What is the matter with the people that they raise their eyes to the sky during their prayer?”  He continued to say this sternly until he said:  “Either the people will refrain from this or their eyesight will be snatched away from them.”

Ibn al Qayyim said: “Turning around in the prayer is of two types: 

First: The turning of the heart away from Allah Azzawajall to other things besides Him,

Second: Turning of the eyesight.    

Both of them have been forbidden.  Allah subhanna wa tallah, does not cease to face His servant so long as he faces Him in his prayer.  If he turns away with his heart or his sight, Allah turns away from him.”  Quoted by Ahmad Fareed in his book [Risaalah taqdeer Qad is Salaat]

10.  Praying upon something which is colorful or attractive, something which has been ornamented or something with pictures upon it.

 

The Communication between men and women over the internet.

The Communication between men and women over the internet.

Compiled by Abu Ziead al Athary.

As salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu

The noble shaykh ubayd al jabari may Allah protect him repeats his warning against communication, with mobile phones or over the internet, between men and women while claiming the justification of seeking knowledge or giving dawah.

In an open question and answer session taking place every Sunday evening in the Paltalk room salafi duroos the noble shaykh said: “communicating over the telephone is an area and way in which the heart of both the speaker and communicator will become attached to the other.”

Here is a transcript of what the shaykh commented on after an answer to a similar question: I would like to bring to attention a dangerous issue. Which of many Muslim men and women, ascribe themselves to knowledge fall into.  I have dealt with this issue before but many of the people have refused it and they have been obstinate and rejected the advice. From the news that has reached me of the danger of this issue, a person finds it embarrassing to mention it.  And this is the issue, which individuals speaking over the phone and communication via mobile phones.

This matter has overcome many men and women with the justification of Dawah but this justification is not valid and it is an excuse which is corrupt.  It is not hidden from every Muslim man and woman whose heart has been filled with the awe and reverential fear of Allah, that al Khallwa (being alone with a member of the opposite sex with whom there is no relation) is Haraam.  The meaning here is that khallawaa is being alone with a strange men and women.

As for the evil effects of this, as have been relayed to me, they are more severe than al khallwa, since al khallwa in a house or in a car causes people to look at them, as for communicating over the internet and sending and receiving messages over the phone then this is a hidden Khallawa, which is only known to the Originator of the heavens and the earth and the noble scribes (Malakay)

Indeed many women have complained that what has busied their husbands are these conversation and communication and I will mention some of their evil effects for you:

1st  If these communications are taking place in a chat room, for example in Salafi Duroos, I say in the name of those supervising the room this type of chatting is a sin upon you.

2^nd   Chatting like this busy one from learning, since those who isolate themselves by conversing with whatever they want from conversation, then busy themselves away from what is transmitted by Salafi Duroos and from other knowledge based lessons and this is obstruction in the path of Allah.

3^rd   Communicating over the telephone is an area and way in which the heart of both the speaker and communicator will become attached to the others.  And this is I swear by Allah the path of fitnah and an entrance for shaytaan.  It is not permissible for you, O dear Muslim sister, that you spend time conversing with strangers with the justification of Dawah. If you have the pressing need to ask a question then ask the people of knowledge to the extent of your need and then turn away.

Further, this communication has in it greetings and gentle speech which is a type of submissive speech which has been prohibited, O Muslim sister.  As a result, perhaps you might be a cause of what creeps in between married couples of unrest, quarrels and bad relations between them, the result of which could perhaps be divorce.  I have come to know that in the West and perhaps also in the East, that which is hated has occurred due to this communication and conversing.

This is why I call ever Salafi man and woman to leave this terrible action which Shaytaan has opened up to them and beautified in their hearts, using the justification of knowledge, and spreading of knowledge and Dawah.  It was not from the practice of the Salaf that men and women would meet up to study together, but rather a woman would ask a scholar about what a woman needs in her deen.  Also, if a female scholar was found then she would sit and listen to the men and women who came to her and would speak to the men in the presence of her guardian from behind a screen.

This only a reminder for me first and you, Allah is the One who guides to the correct way.

Your brother

Abu Zied al-Athary

www.salafiduroos.net

The Enemies of The Believers

The Enemies of The Believers
The enemies of the believers are many but at the head of them there are five. Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzeeyah (may Allaah have mercy upon him) mentioned four of them in “al-Fawaa-id) when he said:

“The most obligatory form of Jihaad (striving for the sake of Allaah):

1. Jihaadun-Nafs (striving against ones self)

2. Jihaadul-Hawaa (striving against the evil desires)

3. Jihaadush-Shaytaan (striving against the Devil)

4.Jihaadud-Dunyaa (striving against the worldly life)

Whoever strives against these four enemies for the sake of Allaah then Allaah will guide him to the paths of His pleasure which will take one to His paradise. Whoever abandons the Jihaad (striving for the sake of Allaah) then guidance will pass by him according to how much he left off from the Jihaad (striving for the sake of Allaah).”

The First Enemy: The Self:

Allaah has mentioned in His book informing us about the statement of wife of the Azeez:

“Verily the soul commands with evil except for that which my Lord has mercy upon” (Surah Yusuf: 53).

The word that Allaah used in the Arabic language to describe the soul’s commanding of its companion with evil is “Ammaarah). There is a shaddah over the meem, therefore the meaning of the word is: one that frequently commands its companion with evil.

Shaykh Abdur-Rahmaan bin Naasir (may Allaah have mercy upon him) said in his explanation of the above verse:

“This means because (the soul) frequently commands its companion with evil. Meaning (it commands with) the matters of indecency and the rest of the sin. For verily it (the soul) is the ride of the Shaytaan, and from it he enters upon the human being.”

It was mentioned by one of the Salaf:

“The weakest of the creation is the one who is weak regarding repelling his (soul’s) desires. The strongest of creation is the one who is strong upon repelling it”