Why do some scholars forbid Islamic songs?
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The questioner : Why do some scholars forbid Islamic songs, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Hanzahalah, "From time to time"?
The Shaykh : Because they are attributed to Islam, they become an act of worship. And any act of worship that the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform, you should not perform. If they were to make them ordinary songs, and their meanings did not contradict the Islamic Shari'ah, no one would object to them. This is because permissible poetry, as stated in the authentic hadith, is speech; its good is good and its bad is bad. So if the poetry is ordinary speech, it has the ruling of ordinary matters, meaning it is permissible. However, when it is attributed to Islam and to being part of what the Islamic Shari'ah brought, the objection arises from here.
The Shaykh : Because they are attributed to Islam, they become an act of worship. And any act of worship that the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform, you should not perform. If they were to make them ordinary songs, and their meanings did not contradict the Islamic Shari'ah, no one would object to them. This is because permissible poetry, as stated in the authentic hadith, is speech; its good is good and its bad is bad. So if the poetry is ordinary speech, it has the ruling of ordinary matters, meaning it is permissible. However, when it is attributed to Islam and to being part of what the Islamic Shari'ah brought, the objection arises from here.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 376 — d3watuna.com (9:55)
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