A Response to Those Who Permit Listening to Singing and Hold That the Dog Is Pure
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The questioner:
He says that Shaykh al-Ghazali means that there is no harm if some countries keep dogs, so let them do it. Malik ibn Anas holds that dogs are pure, and the People of the Cave had a dog that stayed with them. And if they listen to music, let them do it. Al-Ghazali and Ibn Hazm hold that listening to it is permissible; that is his argument.
The Shaykh:
And Ibn Hazm said: Whoever says what he says regarding the permissibility of lutes, instruments of forbidden things, and songs, his statement is defective, his statement is denounced, and he has weakened the hadith that came regarding their prohibition without any evidence. So his statement is defective. Likewise, Malik’s statement regarding the purity of the dog—this is the view of the majority. He said he saw its impurity because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that the vessel be washed seven times if a dog drank from it, washing it seven times, the first with soil. He stated the cause of the impurity. And for this reason, in the hadith it is called "purification." Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) thought it was for the sake of hygiene, and the group said so. But the correct view is that this is for the sake of impurity, because the response said "the purification of the vessel," and the vessel contains only one of two things: either filth, or retention. The vessel is not one of those subject to ritual impurity; ritual impurity applies to animals. As for the vessel, if it becomes impure with impurities, it is known that the statement "purification" indicates that it became impure by the dog drinking from it.
The questioner:
That is, Imam Malik’s view regarding the purity of the dog.
The Shaykh:
That this rising is only a rising to wash for the sake of hygiene.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
By hunting, or that Allah ordered hunting. This is consumed, just as hunting is hidden—your hunting—meaning it is impure in itself, but Allah permitted its hunting for a profound wisdom and for the benefit of the Muslims.
He says that Shaykh al-Ghazali means that there is no harm if some countries keep dogs, so let them do it. Malik ibn Anas holds that dogs are pure, and the People of the Cave had a dog that stayed with them. And if they listen to music, let them do it. Al-Ghazali and Ibn Hazm hold that listening to it is permissible; that is his argument.
The Shaykh:
And Ibn Hazm said: Whoever says what he says regarding the permissibility of lutes, instruments of forbidden things, and songs, his statement is defective, his statement is denounced, and he has weakened the hadith that came regarding their prohibition without any evidence. So his statement is defective. Likewise, Malik’s statement regarding the purity of the dog—this is the view of the majority. He said he saw its impurity because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that the vessel be washed seven times if a dog drank from it, washing it seven times, the first with soil. He stated the cause of the impurity. And for this reason, in the hadith
The purification of the vessel of one of you,
طهور إناء أحدكم،The questioner:
That is, Imam Malik’s view regarding the purity of the dog.
The Shaykh:
That this rising is only a rising to wash for the sake of hygiene.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
By hunting, or that Allah ordered hunting. This is consumed, just as hunting is hidden—your hunting—meaning it is impure in itself, but Allah permitted its hunting for a profound wisdom and for the benefit of the Muslims.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، الرد على من يجوز سماع الغناء ويقول بطهارة الكلب - بن باز - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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