The Ruling on Music and Musical Instruments
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it true that some people claim that music is among the matters about which the Shari'ah is silent, and that no authentic hadith or explicit verse has been established regarding its prohibition?
The Shaykh:
Music is unanimously agreed to be forbidden, as mentioned by the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. It is unanimously agreed to be forbidden. Does no one say that it is permissible? Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Because it is among the musical instruments, and musical instruments are unanimously agreed to be forbidden, as the Shaykh says. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it true that some people claim that music is among the matters about which the Shari'ah is silent, and that no authentic hadith or explicit verse has been established regarding its prohibition?
The Shaykh:
Music is unanimously agreed to be forbidden, as mentioned by the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. It is unanimously agreed to be forbidden. Does no one say that it is permissible? Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Because it is among the musical instruments, and musical instruments are unanimously agreed to be forbidden, as the Shaykh says. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 23-06-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (56:28)
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