Guiding the position of Ibn 'Abbas regarding the prohibition of singing
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Why did Ibn 'Abbas, when asked about singing, say that it is not forbidden except what is in a book for him, even though it is authentically reported from him that he interpreted the verse in Surat Luqman to mean that what is referred to is singing?
Answer:
No, his intention was that this indicates its prohibition by the Book of Allah. I do not forbid except what Allah forbids, and the Qur'an has forbidden singing, so Ibn 'Abbas and others forbid it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Why did Ibn 'Abbas, when asked about singing, say that it is not forbidden except what is in a book for him, even though it is authentically reported from him that he interpreted the verse in Surat Luqman to mean that what is referred to is singing?
Answer:
No, his intention was that this indicates its prohibition by the Book of Allah. I do not forbid except what Allah forbids, and the Qur'an has forbidden singing, so Ibn 'Abbas and others forbid it.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل الاسم الثاني والثالث : الزور واللغو — islamhouse.com (1:01:28)
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