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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Singing and Clarifying That It Is the Voice of Satan

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Question:
What is the authenticity of the hadith that when Allah created Satan, he said, "O my Lord, You have given the human being the Qur'an, so make me a Qur'an." He said, "Your Qur'an is poetry." He said, "Make me a caller to prayer." He said, "Your call to prayer is singing." So substitute with it whatever you can. To the end of the hadith.

Answer:
The hadith, yes, it is mentioned, but I do not know about its chain of narration or its strength. However, it is cited on the tongues of preachers and authors. As for judging its chain and its transmission, that requires review.
whoever you can among them with your voiceمَنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُم بِصَوْتِكَ
[Al-Isra 17:64]
as referring to singing.
And likewise, vain talk,
And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speechوَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ
[Luqman 31:6]
, vain talk is singing, as many of the Companions interpreted it that way. The most famous and greatest of them is 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, who swore three times that vain talk is singing. So there is no doubt that singing is forbidden and that it is the voice of Satan. Yes.
Source مدى صحة حديث : يا رب جعلت للإنسان قرآنا فاجعل لي قرآنا قال : قرآنك الشعر — alfawzan.live

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