The argument using Ibn Hazm's statement on the permissibility of singing
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, when we disapprove of some people listening to singing
The Shaykh:
listening.
The questioner:
When we disapprove of some people listening to singing, they tell us that the scholar Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him) has permitted it.
The Shaykh:
There is no god but Allah, my brother. If Ibn Hazm and others erred, it is not permissible for you to follow the error, even if it is a scholar like Ibn Hazm. We respect him and value him, and he is one of the great scholars of the Muslims, but he erred in this issue. We do not follow him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, when we disapprove of some people listening to singing
The Shaykh:
listening.
The questioner:
When we disapprove of some people listening to singing, they tell us that the scholar Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him) has permitted it.
The Shaykh:
There is no god but Allah, my brother. If Ibn Hazm and others erred, it is not permissible for you to follow the error, even if it is a scholar like Ibn Hazm. We respect him and value him, and he is one of the great scholars of the Muslims, but he erred in this issue. We do not follow him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 53 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/صوت المعازف/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (52:44)
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