What should a soldier do if he is forced to march to military music?
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The questioner:
I am a soldier, and as Your Eminence knows, there is military music in the army, and we march to this music. This is contrary to the Shari'ah, but it is imposed on us. So should we defy it and expose ourselves to punishment, or should we march to it and entrust our affair to Allah?
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah to guide the rulers to abandon it. There is no doubt that music and musical instruments are all evil, so they must be abandoned. We ask Allah to guide the rulers to abandon it so that they do not disturb the people of good, and the angels of good among the soldiers and others; because these things are an imitation of others, an imitation of people from outside. It should be abandoned, and this will be observed with the rulers, if Allah wills. Screen. Shaykh. Fine.
The questioner:
May Allah forgive you. Outside, I attended the funeral of a man who was an official, and they were playing music around it. I told them it is not permissible. This is an imitation of the actions of others. They said this is a kind of mourning and something of...
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible, neither with a funeral nor with anything other than a funeral. Yes.
I am a soldier, and as Your Eminence knows, there is military music in the army, and we march to this music. This is contrary to the Shari'ah, but it is imposed on us. So should we defy it and expose ourselves to punishment, or should we march to it and entrust our affair to Allah?
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah to guide the rulers to abandon it. There is no doubt that music and musical instruments are all evil, so they must be abandoned. We ask Allah to guide the rulers to abandon it so that they do not disturb the people of good, and the angels of good among the soldiers and others; because these things are an imitation of others, an imitation of people from outside. It should be abandoned, and this will be observed with the rulers, if Allah wills. Screen. Shaykh. Fine.
The questioner:
May Allah forgive you. Outside, I attended the funeral of a man who was an official, and they were playing music around it. I told them it is not permissible. This is an imitation of the actions of others. They said this is a kind of mourning and something of...
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible, neither with a funeral nor with anything other than a funeral. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 073 ماذا يفعل العسكري إذا طلب منه السير على الموسيقى العسكرية إجبارًا؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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