Ali Hasan al-Halabi’s intervention in explaining the harms of anthems.
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Al-Halabi: To confirm the words of Professor Uthman, may Allah reward him with good. Our Shaykh, the matter is greater than this; it is not merely the general use of musical tones and such. For example, there is a famous song that may be emotional or patriotic, or about love and the beloved. It is conveyed with its melody, but with words they claim are Islamic. Many people sing the melody but do not sing the words. This is prohibited, our Shaykh. It appears so, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : And so it is.
The questioner: ... the known melodies, the names of the melodies that the reciter must master to know tajwid.
The Shaykh: Even in the Qur'an.
The questioner: Even in the Qur'an.The Shaykh : Al-Qabbani wrote a book on tajwid and appended to it the names of the tones, which are known as Rast and Bayat... these.
Al-Halabi: One of the famous reciters sat with a person and began to tell him, "Now I will recite for you. This is a mistake in what you recite. I will recite for you now on the maqam."Al-Halabi : I will recite for you on the Andalusian maqam, and by Allah he says this... .
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest, I seek refuge in Allah.
Abu Malik: No, if a door of evil is opened, all of evil is opened through this door.
Al-Halabi: Especially since the door has been open before, but now, after the fatwas published in some newspapers regarding music and its permissibility, this will increase...
Abu Malik: You always find in the words attributed to some scholars that he means, "How is the ear that does not listen, and the heart that does not incline toward singing, and whose heart does not become pure for the melodies?" What is this supposed to be?
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
Al-Halabi: This, our Shaykh, is a word I read by Hasan al-Attar, the Shaykh of al-Azhar. He says in it: "Whoever does not enjoy the strings on the banks of the rivers, accompanied by poetry, is coarse in nature, a donkey."
The Shaykh : And so it is.
The questioner: ... the known melodies, the names of the melodies that the reciter must master to know tajwid.
The Shaykh: Even in the Qur'an.
The questioner: Even in the Qur'an.The Shaykh : Al-Qabbani wrote a book on tajwid and appended to it the names of the tones, which are known as Rast and Bayat... these.
Al-Halabi: One of the famous reciters sat with a person and began to tell him, "Now I will recite for you. This is a mistake in what you recite. I will recite for you now on the maqam."Al-Halabi : I will recite for you on the Andalusian maqam, and by Allah he says this... .
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest, I seek refuge in Allah.
Abu Malik: No, if a door of evil is opened, all of evil is opened through this door.
Al-Halabi: Especially since the door has been open before, but now, after the fatwas published in some newspapers regarding music and its permissibility, this will increase...
Abu Malik: You always find in the words attributed to some scholars that he means, "How is the ear that does not listen, and the heart that does not incline toward singing, and whose heart does not become pure for the melodies?" What is this supposed to be?
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
Al-Halabi: This, our Shaykh, is a word I read by Hasan al-Attar, the Shaykh of al-Azhar. He says in it: "Whoever does not enjoy the strings on the banks of the rivers, accompanied by poetry, is coarse in nature, a donkey."
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