The ruling on replacing the listening to the Qur'an with songs
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is the one who was listening to the Qur'an via a tape, then turned it off and listened to a tape of songs, sinful for doing so?
The Shaykh:
This is replacing the Qur'an with songs,[Al-Baqarah 2:61]. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. And he says.
The Shaykh:
Songs contain evil and there is a danger in them, so this is forbidden. However, if they are permissible songs, meaning they contain nothing of falsehood, and one listens to them for the wisdom, proverbs, songs, and poetry in them, there is nothing wrong with it. But turning off the Qur'an and turning on this thing is replacement. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward him. And this has its time. Yes. May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is the one who was listening to the Qur'an via a tape, then turned it off and listened to a tape of songs, sinful for doing so?
The Shaykh:
This is replacing the Qur'an with songs,
Would you exchange what is better for what is less?
أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ الَّذِي هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِالَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌThe presenter:
May Allah reward you. And he says.
The Shaykh:
Songs contain evil and there is a danger in them, so this is forbidden. However, if they are permissible songs, meaning they contain nothing of falsehood, and one listens to them for the wisdom, proverbs, songs, and poetry in them, there is nothing wrong with it. But turning off the Qur'an and turning on this thing is replacement. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward him. And this has its time. Yes. May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2603] حكم إغلاق شريط القرآن من أجل سماع الأناشيد - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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