What is the ruling on listening to Islamic nasheeds?
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Question : Your Eminence the Shaykh! What is the ruling on listening to tapes called Islamic nasheeds? And do you advise us to listen to them (may Allah preserve you)?
Answer : I advise you to the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and his fragrant biography, for by Allah, it is better than listening to nasheeds, even if they are called Islamic nasheeds. However, we have heard that these nasheeds have changed and are now recited with melodies resembling the melodies of obscene songs, and that they are delivered in enticing voices that stir desire. If the matter is as we have heard, then it is not permissible to listen to them. Yes. And if some of them are accompanied by the hand drum, they become even more sinful. Yes.
Answer : I advise you to the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and his fragrant biography, for by Allah, it is better than listening to nasheeds, even if they are called Islamic nasheeds. However, we have heard that these nasheeds have changed and are now recited with melodies resembling the melodies of obscene songs, and that they are delivered in enticing voices that stir desire. If the matter is as we have heard, then it is not permissible to listen to them. Yes. And if some of them are accompanied by the hand drum, they become even more sinful. Yes.
Source
لقاء مع طلاب جامعة الإمام بمسجد الإسكان — archive.org (7:41)
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