The Ruling on Tapes, Poems, and Anthems
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The questioner:
The Shaykh: Is it forbidden to bring tapes containing anthems like "Abu al-Salah," "al-Nur," and "Makan al-Akhlaq li-l-Aqfal," especially since there is benefit in them in this manner?
The Shaykh:
Poems that contain admonition, negation of evil, and calling to good are read for the good in them, whether you hear them from a tape or from a reader reciting them orally. As for poems that contain evil, romantic poetry, and descriptions of faces, these are not permissible. As for anthems that contain melodic tunes and songs, these are not permissible, even if they are called Islamic and called anthems; their meaning is songs with melodies and collective voices. The discussion is about pure poems that contain wisdom, which one person reads, either orally or from a recording. Admonitory poems, poems containing maxims, and poems containing scientific lessons, this
The Shaykh: Is it forbidden to bring tapes containing anthems like "Abu al-Salah," "al-Nur," and "Makan al-Akhlaq li-l-Aqfal," especially since there is benefit in them in this manner?
The Shaykh:
Poems that contain admonition, negation of evil, and calling to good are read for the good in them, whether you hear them from a tape or from a reader reciting them orally. As for poems that contain evil, romantic poetry, and descriptions of faces, these are not permissible. As for anthems that contain melodic tunes and songs, these are not permissible, even if they are called Islamic and called anthems; their meaning is songs with melodies and collective voices. The discussion is about pure poems that contain wisdom, which one person reads, either orally or from a recording. Admonitory poems, poems containing maxims, and poems containing scientific lessons, this
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شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من قوله : يأمرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المنكر — islamhouse.com (1:13:29)
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