The Ruling on Listening to Music
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Question:
The second question: You spoke about the ruling on songs. What is the ruling on listening to music? Thank you.
Answer:
Music, my brother, is forbidden by consensus. There is disagreement regarding songs, as held by Ibn Hazm and others, but there is no disagreement regarding music; it is forbidden. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said, "The scholars have reached consensus on the prohibition of musical instruments and instruments of amusement." Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned this consensus in *Ighathat al-Lahfan* and in the *Majmu' al-Fatawa* of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, who reported the consensus on the prohibition of listening to instruments of amusement, including musical instruments and others. Yes.
The second question: You spoke about the ruling on songs. What is the ruling on listening to music? Thank you.
Answer:
Music, my brother, is forbidden by consensus. There is disagreement regarding songs, as held by Ibn Hazm and others, but there is no disagreement regarding music; it is forbidden. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said, "The scholars have reached consensus on the prohibition of musical instruments and instruments of amusement." Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned this consensus in *Ighathat al-Lahfan* and in the *Majmu' al-Fatawa* of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, who reported the consensus on the prohibition of listening to instruments of amusement, including musical instruments and others. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-38-قضايا فقهية - 02|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (15:41)
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