Is listening to singing among the major sins?
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Question:
Is listening to singing a major sin among the major sins, or a minor one?
Answer:
Listening to songs is forbidden. It is forbidden. Allah the Exalted said:[Luqman 31:6] And there is a hadith stating that it is singing, as 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and others among the Companions interpreted it to be singing. Likewise, in Sahih al-Bukhari, from Abu Malik al-Ash'ari, it is reported that "some people in the last times will make lawful fornication, silk, wine, and musical instruments. Allah will cause the earth to swallow them and transform some of them into apes and pigs."
They make lawful fornication; "al-hir" means fornication, and "al-hir" is the private parts. Silk is well known to be forbidden for men, yet people in the last of time wear it. Intoxicants are well known, and musical instruments are the tools for it, instruments of music, drums, and flutes. So singing and its instruments are forbidden. Listening to singing is forbidden, and listening to musical instruments and flutes is forbidden. This warning that Allah will cause the earth to swallow them indicates that this is a major sin among the major sins, especially since He associated it with major sins, associating it with fornication and drinking intoxicants, and these are major sins, which indicates that it is a major sin. Yes.
Is listening to singing a major sin among the major sins, or a minor one?
Answer:
Listening to songs is forbidden. It is forbidden. Allah the Exalted said:
And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًاThey make lawful fornication; "al-hir" means fornication, and "al-hir" is the private parts. Silk is well known to be forbidden for men, yet people in the last of time wear it. Intoxicants are well known, and musical instruments are the tools for it, instruments of music, drums, and flutes. So singing and its instruments are forbidden. Listening to singing is forbidden, and listening to musical instruments and flutes is forbidden. This warning that Allah will cause the earth to swallow them indicates that this is a major sin among the major sins, especially since He associated it with major sins, associating it with fornication and drinking intoxicants, and these are major sins, which indicates that it is a major sin. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل سماع الغناء من الكبائر؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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