Using the Hadith "Consult Your Heart" as Evidence for the Permissibility of Musical Instruments
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The questioner:
This questioner says that some of the common people use the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as evidence for the permissibility of musical instruments:
The Shaykh:
Musical instruments are forbidden by consensus, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
We have answered it, but it seems the questioner is trying to make us forget the answer?
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says that some of the common people use the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as evidence for the permissibility of musical instruments:
Consult your heart
استفت قلبكThe Shaykh:
Musical instruments are forbidden by consensus, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
We have answered it, but it seems the questioner is trying to make us forget the answer?
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب النهي عن الطلاق في الحيض وفي الطهر بعد أن يجامعها ما لم يبن حملها — islamhouse.com (59:13)
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