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Booklover
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I’ve heard a couple of Muslims say they don’t believe in music and I’m just curious as to the reason why. I may have misunderstood, so please correct me if I’m wrong.
Vickie
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hawk
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Salaam Vickie,
No there is no such thing as not believing in music.
It exists, it is hard not to believe in it.
However there are some muslim scholars, many actually that think that singing and playing instruments is forbidden by Allah, or haraam.
The reasoning is that music enslaves the soul, and the soul shouldnt be enslaved by anything but Allah.
I will leave my muslim brothers and sisters to add their own comments, however.
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Faith101
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Playing certain types of instruments is haram…you can look for a fatwa online for which ones.
Singing is not haram…ofcourse it depends on what your singing. A good example to give is that of Cat Stevens who, when he first converted to Islam, gave up allll music. Then, slowly, he realized that he can still sing…and he does…only islamic music…praising Allah, etc. He doesnt use any of the instruments that are considered forbidden.
in my opinon…music is a waste of time (especially the type that is popular now). we are only here for a couple of decades…there is no time to waste.
but i dont know too much on this issue. InshAllah another Muslim can make it clearer and/or correct me on anything i may have said wrong.
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Booklover
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Thanks Faith101 and Hawk for your replies! Besides being a book lover, I also love music since I come from a family of music lovers and grew up listening to classical and light classical music.
To me music is a beautiful gift from God, I mean real music, not the garbage that passes for music today! Even today, “easy listening” is not what it used to be. To me it meant Rodgers and Hammerstein and so on, Nat King Cole, things like that! Gee, I’m running on!
Anyway, thanks for your (name removed by moderator)ut! It was appreciated.
Vickie
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hawk
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Well even that is forbidden, classical music, I mean.Thanks Faith101 and Hawk for your replies! Besides being a book lover, I also love music since I come from a family of music lovers and grew up listening to classical and light classical music.
To me music is a beautiful gift from God, I mean real music, not the garbage that passes for music today! Even today, “easy listening” is not what it used to be. To me it meant Rodgers and Hammerstein and so on, Nat King Cole, things like that! Gee, I’m running on!
Anyway, thanks for your (name removed by moderator)ut! It was appreciated.
Vickie
All instruments except the “duf” - tambourine are forbidden
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Reuben_J
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Hi Vickie,
Yes, we can say that music is a beautiful gift from God. Liturgically speaking, He delights in the worship of His people with musical instruments and songs. We are exhorted to praise God with song and playing skillfully on musicals instruments.
Psalm 33
1 Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous;
it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2 Praise the LORD with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3 Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy
King David, himself an accomplished musician who played music everyday (1Sam 8:10), set up music ministry and put men in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark came to rest there (1 Chro 6:31)
In one of his most important religious acts of moving the Covenant Box, he appointed leaders of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers to sing joyful songs, accompanied by musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals (1 Chro 15:16).
And the whole house of Israel were celebrating with all their might before the LORD, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, sistrums and cymbals (2 Sam 6:5).
Even in heaven, the heavenly creatures and the saints are engaged in harmonious songs with accompaniment of musical instruments in continuous praise and worship of God. (Revelation 14:2-3).2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
I guess this has become the legacy of Christians today in their worship of the living God.
God bless.
Reuben
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Mintaka
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Instrumental music is largely haram, and singing secular songs is frowned on Islam. Wow. What a very sad piece of information.
See, I have always really liked Middle Eastern music. One of my favorite CDs is one of Iranian classical music. Similarly, I really enjoy medieval troubadour songs, which as we all know, were heavily influenced by the love songs of medieval Islamic culture, and relied heavily on the lute (originally the 'ud).
almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/700/780/fairuz/legend/instruments.html
Here’s a link to a page on traditional Arab musical instruments, for the interested.
bbc.co.uk/music/features/africa/nindex.shtml
Another page, with sound clips. I was interested to find the gaita here, as it’s an old friend from Galician music.
medieval.org/music/world/iran.html
The kind of Iranian classical music that’s on my CD.
radiodarvish.com/
Radio Darvish, where you can listen to it.
See, I have always really liked Middle Eastern music. One of my favorite CDs is one of Iranian classical music. Similarly, I really enjoy medieval troubadour songs, which as we all know, were heavily influenced by the love songs of medieval Islamic culture, and relied heavily on the lute (originally the 'ud).
almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/700/780/fairuz/legend/instruments.html
Here’s a link to a page on traditional Arab musical instruments, for the interested.
bbc.co.uk/music/features/africa/nindex.shtml
Another page, with sound clips. I was interested to find the gaita here, as it’s an old friend from Galician music.
medieval.org/music/world/iran.html
The kind of Iranian classical music that’s on my CD.
radiodarvish.com/
Radio Darvish, where you can listen to it.
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