Explaining the Danger of Hymns

The Shaykh : ... And it is sufficient to note the following: these hymns, which many Muslims, both men and women, call religious hymns, have come to take the place of reciting the Qur'an with melody. They take the place of reciting the Qur'an with melody. This is one of Satan's means; in the name of honoring the Prophet of Islam, they praise him, and then these praises become a law that diverts them from the law of truth and from reciting the Qur'an with melody, about which he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Perhaps I have digressed too much on the occasion of entering the Prophet's Mosque and greeting the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), but I see that this is a matter that must be pointed out, given the many who violate the rules and stray from the Shari'ah when they enter the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him) and face the direction of his grave. I said earlier that the righteous Salaf did not have the custom, when they came as travelers—meaning when they set out for the Messenger's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him)—but to apply in his Mosque the etiquettes that are applied in all the mosques of the lands of Islam ...