Music
and Islam- I
Hasan A. Yahya,
Ph.Ds
Continuing
the answer on music and Islam. Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty (Islamic
Tradition). As Muslims to follow the
attributions of Allah according to the instruction of the Holy Prophet; they
should also love beauty in nature to realize the great beautiful creations in
nature. Therefore, there is no harm in appreciating and realizing beauty in the
various phenomena of nature with that great object in view. Beauty can be
realized through sense organs, such as eye, ear, nose, hand, tongue, brain and
heart. The fragrance of a flower can be appreciated by sight and smell.
Similarly to hear by ear melodious songs and music is not also unlawful. Which
means a sweet voice in a song.
Sweet
voice is a precious thing and there was no Prophet without a sweet voice.
Allah, according to Islam, likes sweet voice, and not to speak loudly to men.
He says: Inna Ankara al-Aswati Lasawti
al-Hamir, And lower your voice; verily the most
detestable of voices is certainly the braying of the asses (Q:31:19). And about
Prophet David God said: We gave David excellence from Us (Q:34:10). This
excellence has been explained to be melodious voice (Awwab).
David could sing so well with his
religious scripture “Zabur” that four hundred men, it
is said, breathed their last every day in his assembly of music. The Holy
Prophet said: Allah heard nothing(sweeter) than what he heard from the
Prophet—his signing with the Qur’an (Q:37:59).
Sweet
voice is of two kinds, rhythmical and no-rhythmical. Rhythmical sweet voice is
more pleasing than the rhythmless sweet voice. The former includes songs and poetries and
the later general talks. The good of general talk and poetry is good and the
bad of general talk and poetry is bad. Similarly, the good of music is good and
the bad of music is bad. The same thing in the world has got good and bad
effects. Take food for example, it is
lawful or unlawful, it is lawful but the excessive quantity is unlawful. In
Islam every thing is lawful, except pork, and wine as
unlawful. Even a moderate quantity of food
Becomes unlawful for a person of sudden
high blood pressure, or high inflammation of bowel-intestines. The same is the
case with music, It has been stated in many resources that the good of songs in
general is lawful. Hence, the good songs are allowed, for a simple reason, the
word “unlawful” cannot be used if there is no express provision in the Qur’an.
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Soon:
Types of
songs in Islam
War
songs
Religious
songs
Love
songs for Allah
Mourning
songs
Love
songs for human beings
Songs of
joy
Songs of
marriage
Songs of
occasions
Instrument
songs
Unlawful
songs
من شعر الرسول: عن البراء يوم الخندق حين اغبر بطن الرسول سمعه يقول:
والله لولا الله ما اهتدينا
ولا تصدقنا ولا صلينا
فأنزلن سكينة علينا
وثبت الأقدام إن لاقينا
إن الأولي قد بغوا علينا
إذا أرادوا فتنة أبينا
أبينا أبينا أبينا
