Trading materially in what is called Islamic songs, and presenting them as if they were from the Sunnah or recommended practices; perhaps you have an addition?

The questioner:
Trading in these songs called Islamic songs, Shaykh Salih, was promoted by those who benefit materially from them, and they presented them as if they were from the Sunnah or as if they were recommended, and compared them to other things that are forbidden to achieve their goal. Perhaps you have an addition, Shaykh Salih.

The Shaykh:
Yes, I repeat and say that these melodic, organized songs they call Islamic songs are actually songs, they are songs that are enticing, and singing is forbidden, selling their tapes is forbidden, and eating their price is forbidden. So it is obligatory for Muslims to be aware, to be aware of that. And these songs were only known to two groups: the first group is the Sufis and the shadows who adopted them as part of the religion and seek nearness to Allah with them, in their claim, and it is a sin. And the second group is the people of activist methodologies, the activists who want to spread fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) among the people; they are the ones who became known for these songs. Yes.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. If someone found a fatwa from them permitting it, Shaykh Salih, what is your guidance, may Allah preserve you?

The Shaykh:
Every person is taken from his statement and feared from, so if the fatwa is in error, it is not permissible to act upon it, even if the mufti is from the people of virtue and from the people of knowledge; because he is not infallible. Yes.