from one who repented from singing: what should he do with his recorded tapes? (This question is under the discussion of the English singer who embraced Islam)
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The questioner : Suppose... the singer, I mean, what is his position regarding these songs that have spread in the markets? What do you say? What should he do, I mean?
The Shaykh : ... He said: "Whoever sees a lesson in the experience of others, let him take a lesson from it" If a book is published that contradicts the policy of a person or a state, what does that state do?
The questioner : It is confiscated.
The Shaykh : It is confiscated, and this man is making an effort to confiscate them, because this is, of course, by agreement between him and the companies that invest in his songs. So he did what he could to confiscate from the market, and for what he could not, he repented to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and returned to Him, but he does not contract anew. And this is the principle of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Taghabun 64:16]
The Shaykh : ... He said: "Whoever sees a lesson in the experience of others, let him take a lesson from it" If a book is published that contradicts the policy of a person or a state, what does that state do?
The questioner : It is confiscated.
The Shaykh : It is confiscated, and this man is making an effort to confiscate them, because this is, of course, by agreement between him and the companies that invest in his songs. So he did what he could to confiscate from the market, and for what he could not, he repented to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and returned to Him, but he does not contract anew. And this is the principle of the saying of Allah the Exalted: