Is all singing forbidden?
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The questioner : Singing...
The Shaykh : Singing, provided its subject matter is not forbidden.
The questioner : If it is accompanied by...
The Shaykh : If its subject matter is forbidden, it becomes forbidden, just like ordinary speech. But if it is accompanied by an instrument of amusement, we look at the instrument of amusement: is it permissible or not? We are speaking only about singing, not about amusement in general.
The questioner : Some may understand that singing means the current singing.
The Shaykh : No, no, the current singing is not [permissible]; the current singing is forbidden, for it is, may Allah protect us from that, a call to evil, corruption, and fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and it is accompanied by instruments of amusement such as music and the like.
The Shaykh : Singing, provided its subject matter is not forbidden.
The questioner : If it is accompanied by...
The Shaykh : If its subject matter is forbidden, it becomes forbidden, just like ordinary speech. But if it is accompanied by an instrument of amusement, we look at the instrument of amusement: is it permissible or not? We are speaking only about singing, not about amusement in general.
The questioner : Some may understand that singing means the current singing.
The Shaykh : No, no, the current singing is not [permissible]; the current singing is forbidden, for it is, may Allah protect us from that, a call to evil, corruption, and fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and it is accompanied by instruments of amusement such as music and the like.