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The questioner: ... The full moon has risen upon us.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: What is the answer, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: First, your saying implies something in my mind, or something in your mind. I think the phrase is limited.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Because it suggests to you something from me, or from what you heard from me, and it appears from your question that this is not your intention.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: That is your intention.
The questioner: No, that is not my intention.
The Shaykh: If that is the case, then you should have qualified your words to avoid ambiguity. It is clear.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Now, as for the answer to what you mentioned: what is between "Bant Sadad" and "The full moon has risen upon us" is authentic, but the two ends are not authentic.
The questioner: What do you mean by the two ends?
The Shaykh: The first end is "Bant Sadad," from the reports and hadiths you mentioned.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: The first end, you mentioned "Bant Sadad" first.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And the last thing was "The full moon has risen upon us."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: These two ends, the first and the last, are not authentic from the perspective of hadith, but everything in between is authentic. This is answer number one. As for answer number two: Do these texts you mentioned, both the authentic and the inauthentic ones, indicate that they were Islamic songs and that they would hum them in their group gatherings and place them on the level of reciting the Noble Qur'an, about which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:? So people today have abandoned the Qur'an and turned away from reciting it, and occupied their time and leisure with what they call Islamic songs. Is this clear up to here, and there is more to come?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Do I say it is clear?
The questioner : Is it clear up to here.
The Shaykh: Now, as for the continuation: It is well known in Islamic jurisprudence that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in addition to those below him, if he did something rarely and infrequently, it is not from the Shari'ah for the Muslim to persist in doing it. Perhaps you know that some of the early Imams, like Imam Malik, for example, would avoid sacrificing on the Festival of Sacrifice for fear that people would understand from his persistence in this sacrifice that it is obligatory. He held that it is not obligatory, while others, like the Hanafis, hold that it is obligatory. But the point is that he knew that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sacrifice in every Festival of Sacrifice, yet out of fear that people would elevate this ruling to a level higher than what the Lawgiver prescribed, he would leave it. Similarly, the Hanafis stated in their books that the Sunnah is to recite Surat al-Sajdah on Friday. They said: "But the Imams should sometimes omit it so that it does not settle in the minds of the common people that it is obligatory and cannot be left," and so on, with many, many examples. So these evidences I mentioned, of both types, the authentic and the weak, indicate the permissibility for a Muslim to occasionally sing with what was permissible to utter according to the Shari'ah. But to make that his constant habit and his daily routine, that is extremism in religion and introducing into religion what is not part of it. Therefore, these evidences do not indicate what has become widespread in this time of naming many, many songs as Islamic songs. All this is said if we assume that these songs do not contain anything that explicitly contradicts the Shari'ah. For example, they have permitted beating the hand drum in them. Perhaps you have heard something of that?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, and in some of them there are words that a Muslim is not permitted to utter in his ordinary speech, so what about singing them? This is the summary of what comes to my mind in answer to what was in your mind regarding the issue, not regarding me personally. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: What is the answer, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: First, your saying implies something in my mind, or something in your mind. I think the phrase is limited.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Because it suggests to you something from me, or from what you heard from me, and it appears from your question that this is not your intention.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: That is your intention.
The questioner: No, that is not my intention.
The Shaykh: If that is the case, then you should have qualified your words to avoid ambiguity. It is clear.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Now, as for the answer to what you mentioned: what is between "Bant Sadad" and "The full moon has risen upon us" is authentic, but the two ends are not authentic.
The questioner: What do you mean by the two ends?
The Shaykh: The first end is "Bant Sadad," from the reports and hadiths you mentioned.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: The first end, you mentioned "Bant Sadad" first.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And the last thing was "The full moon has risen upon us."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: These two ends, the first and the last, are not authentic from the perspective of hadith, but everything in between is authentic. This is answer number one. As for answer number two: Do these texts you mentioned, both the authentic and the inauthentic ones, indicate that they were Islamic songs and that they would hum them in their group gatherings and place them on the level of reciting the Noble Qur'an, about which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Keep this Qur'an in your care and sing with it, for by Him in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, it is more likely to slip from the hearts of men than a camel from its tether
تعاهدوا هذا القرآن وتغنوا به ، فوالذي نفس محمد بيده ؛ إنه أشدُّ تفلُّتًا من صدور الرجال من عقلهاThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Do I say it is clear?
The questioner : Is it clear up to here.
The Shaykh: Now, as for the continuation: It is well known in Islamic jurisprudence that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in addition to those below him, if he did something rarely and infrequently, it is not from the Shari'ah for the Muslim to persist in doing it. Perhaps you know that some of the early Imams, like Imam Malik, for example, would avoid sacrificing on the Festival of Sacrifice for fear that people would understand from his persistence in this sacrifice that it is obligatory. He held that it is not obligatory, while others, like the Hanafis, hold that it is obligatory. But the point is that he knew that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sacrifice in every Festival of Sacrifice, yet out of fear that people would elevate this ruling to a level higher than what the Lawgiver prescribed, he would leave it. Similarly, the Hanafis stated in their books that the Sunnah is to recite Surat al-Sajdah on Friday. They said: "But the Imams should sometimes omit it so that it does not settle in the minds of the common people that it is obligatory and cannot be left," and so on, with many, many examples. So these evidences I mentioned, of both types, the authentic and the weak, indicate the permissibility for a Muslim to occasionally sing with what was permissible to utter according to the Shari'ah. But to make that his constant habit and his daily routine, that is extremism in religion and introducing into religion what is not part of it. Therefore, these evidences do not indicate what has become widespread in this time of naming many, many songs as Islamic songs. All this is said if we assume that these songs do not contain anything that explicitly contradicts the Shari'ah. For example, they have permitted beating the hand drum in them. Perhaps you have heard something of that?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, and in some of them there are words that a Muslim is not permitted to utter in his ordinary speech, so what about singing them? This is the summary of what comes to my mind in answer to what was in your mind regarding the issue, not regarding me personally. May Allah reward you.
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