The Meaning of Their Saying: Singing Is Speech; What Is Lawful of It Is Lawful, and What Is Forbidden of It Is Forbidden
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people repeat the saying that singing is speech; what is lawful of it is lawful, and what is forbidden of it is forbidden.
Answer:
Forbidden speech is indeed speech, but it is forbidden speech. Yes. Cursing, insulting, backbiting, and talebearing are not [permissible] speech. If speech is forbidden, it is prohibited. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people repeat the saying that singing is speech; what is lawful of it is lawful, and what is forbidden of it is forbidden.
Answer:
Forbidden speech is indeed speech, but it is forbidden speech. Yes. Cursing, insulting, backbiting, and talebearing are not [permissible] speech. If speech is forbidden, it is prohibited. 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 (54:08)
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