What is the ruling on listening to Islamic nasheeds?
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The questioner : I am asking about listening to Islamic nasheeds; what is its ruling?
The Shaykh : First, a person should listen only to something in which he finds benefit without harm, such as the Qur'an, hadiths, fiqh rulings, and other things from which the listener benefits. As for nasheeds, the Islamic nasheeds, as they say, one must look at what the subject of the poem is, how it is performed, whether it leads to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and whether it diverts one from taking a lesson from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. If the subject of these nasheeds is invalid, such as the nasheeds of the Sufis, for example, or similar to them, then one should not listen to them. If the performance is in the manner of singers who are artists, or in the manner of the Sufis, then one should not listen to them. This includes cases where there is a drum or beating on the ground or the like. If they are with enticing voices, such as the voices of the mardan (eunuch singers) which may arouse desire, then one should not listen to them. And if one fears that his heart will not be admonished except by them, and they become his constant habit, then he should not listen to them. The important thing is that they have conditions that must be observed. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner says in this question.
The Shaykh : First, a person should listen only to something in which he finds benefit without harm, such as the Qur'an, hadiths, fiqh rulings, and other things from which the listener benefits. As for nasheeds, the Islamic nasheeds, as they say, one must look at what the subject of the poem is, how it is performed, whether it leads to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and whether it diverts one from taking a lesson from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. If the subject of these nasheeds is invalid, such as the nasheeds of the Sufis, for example, or similar to them, then one should not listen to them. If the performance is in the manner of singers who are artists, or in the manner of the Sufis, then one should not listen to them. This includes cases where there is a drum or beating on the ground or the like. If they are with enticing voices, such as the voices of the mardan (eunuch singers) which may arouse desire, then one should not listen to them. And if one fears that his heart will not be admonished except by them, and they become his constant habit, then he should not listen to them. The important thing is that they have conditions that must be observed. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner says in this question.