The Ruling on Breaking an Oath Not to Listen to Anashid
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I swore that I would not listen to songs, but then I listened to anashid. Am I considered to have broken my oath?
Answer:
If we consider anashid to be a type of song, then you have broken your oath. However, if we consider them to be a type of recitation (inshad) and not anashid, then inshad is a prepared thing; inshad is reciting poetry or listening to someone recite it, and there is no harm in that. There is a difference between inshad and anashid. In my view, anashid are a type of song because they are composed, melodic, and choral, so one takes pleasure in their choruses just as one does with songs. I hold that it is a breach of the oath because it is a type of song. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I swore that I would not listen to songs, but then I listened to anashid. Am I considered to have broken my oath?
Answer:
If we consider anashid to be a type of song, then you have broken your oath. However, if we consider them to be a type of recitation (inshad) and not anashid, then inshad is a prepared thing; inshad is reciting poetry or listening to someone recite it, and there is no harm in that. There is a difference between inshad and anashid. In my view, anashid are a type of song because they are composed, melodic, and choral, so one takes pleasure in their choruses just as one does with songs. I hold that it is a breach of the oath because it is a type of song. Yes.
Source
الفرق بين الأغاني والأناشيد — alfawzan.live
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