The ruling on listening to songs at traffic lights
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: At the traffic lights, we hear songs coming from some cars. Are we sinful for listening to them?
Answer:
Listening to them is not permissible. However, if you hear them while passing by and you did not intend to listen, that does not harm you. But if you listen to them, whether at the traffic lights or elsewhere, that is forbidden. Listening is forbidden because listening implies intention, whereas hearing can occur without intention. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: At the traffic lights, we hear songs coming from some cars. Are we sinful for listening to them?
Answer:
Listening to them is not permissible. However, if you hear them while passing by and you did not intend to listen, that does not harm you. But if you listen to them, whether at the traffic lights or elsewhere, that is forbidden. Listening is forbidden because listening implies intention, whereas hearing can occur without intention. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل في الفرق بين زيارة الموحدين للقبور وزيارة المشركين — islamhouse.com (1:01:34)
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