What is the authenticity of the hadith: “Singing is the provision of the traveler”?
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Question:
I heard a saying, and I do not know if it is a hadith or what else it is? Please clarify this for us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is not a hadith, but rather a false statement. Singing is the incantation of Satan, and in reality, it is part of the idle talk that Allah forbade, warned against, and criticized its practitioners in His saying, the Exalted: [Luqman: 6]. It is that which diverts from the path of Allah and occupies the hearts from taking pleasure in reading and listening to the words of Allah.
As for poetry in the Arabic language with Arabic melodies, there is no harm in it if it contains what pleases Allah and benefits His servants. Likewise, all poetry in calling to Allah, encouraging noble morals and good deeds, and warning against bad morals and evil deeds, with Arabic melodies and Arabic poetry, not with the melodies of singing, is permissible. This is as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 5010Sahih (Al-Albani). He also heard the poetry of Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, the poetry of Abdullah ibn Rawahah, the poetry of Ka'b ibn Malik, and Hassan ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with them).
I heard a saying, and I do not know if it is a hadith or what else it is
Singing is the provision of the traveler
الغناء زاد الراكبAnswer:
It is not a hadith, but rather a false statement. Singing is the incantation of Satan, and in reality, it is part of the idle talk that Allah forbade, warned against, and criticized its practitioners in His saying, the Exalted:
And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا أُولَئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌAs for poetry in the Arabic language with Arabic melodies, there is no harm in it if it contains what pleases Allah and benefits His servants. Likewise, all poetry in calling to Allah, encouraging noble morals and good deeds, and warning against bad morals and evil deeds, with Arabic melodies and Arabic poetry, not with the melodies of singing, is permissible. This is as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
In poetry there is wisdom.
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