nyerekareem
abdur-rahman
:salam2:
i know that at least two or three times a week, someone begins a thread about music. usually the poster is of the view that music is haram, but there are also respondents that feel that music is neither halal nor haram. thus the debate gets very heated and eventually the thread gets closed. sometimes i feel that we focus too much on the instruments themselves in our effort to prove that music is haram or at least best to avoided. we often forget to mention that 9 times out 10, the very content of the music itself alone makes the music haram.
just think about hip-hop music...
very often it has elements of:
shirk against ALLAHS lordship also known by some as shirk in ruboobiyya.
many of the rap artists commit shirk in asma' wa siffat ( giving themselves names and attributes that should only be given to ALLAH SWT )
promotes at times the worship of false gods known as shirk in ibadah.
promotes zinaa
promotes usury
promotes khamr ( wine and all intoxicants )
promotes maysir ( gambling )
promotes lying
promotes violence
many of these are promoted in a single song.
my point is even if ALLAH clearly stated in His Word that music is fine and well, that music would still have to meet islamic criteria to be halal. i think if many muslims that listen to music, really go over the content of their music, there wouldnt be much music left for them to listen to. anything that promotes what ALLAH has clearly stated as being haram, is haram.
above i had mentioned hip-hop, but these sinful things that are glorified in hip-hop are also glorified in rock, pop, jazz, blues, country etc.
this is just something for us to think about..
i know that at least two or three times a week, someone begins a thread about music. usually the poster is of the view that music is haram, but there are also respondents that feel that music is neither halal nor haram. thus the debate gets very heated and eventually the thread gets closed. sometimes i feel that we focus too much on the instruments themselves in our effort to prove that music is haram or at least best to avoided. we often forget to mention that 9 times out 10, the very content of the music itself alone makes the music haram.
just think about hip-hop music...
very often it has elements of:
shirk against ALLAHS lordship also known by some as shirk in ruboobiyya.
many of the rap artists commit shirk in asma' wa siffat ( giving themselves names and attributes that should only be given to ALLAH SWT )
promotes at times the worship of false gods known as shirk in ibadah.
promotes zinaa
promotes usury
promotes khamr ( wine and all intoxicants )
promotes maysir ( gambling )
promotes lying
promotes violence
many of these are promoted in a single song.
my point is even if ALLAH clearly stated in His Word that music is fine and well, that music would still have to meet islamic criteria to be halal. i think if many muslims that listen to music, really go over the content of their music, there wouldnt be much music left for them to listen to. anything that promotes what ALLAH has clearly stated as being haram, is haram.
above i had mentioned hip-hop, but these sinful things that are glorified in hip-hop are also glorified in rock, pop, jazz, blues, country etc.
this is just something for us to think about..
