The End of Music (Full Lecture) - Kamal el Mekki

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The End of Music (Full Lecture) - Kamal el Mekki Re-uploaded from http://www.youtube.com/user/ignorantyouth1 Please see: Music and Singing: A detailed fatwa by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID;=1786 Na'fi reports that once Abd Allah ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them both) heard the sound of a Sheppard's flute. He put his fingers in his ears, turned his mule away from the road and said: "O Nafi'! Can you hear? I (Nafi') replied with the affirmative. He carried on walking (with his fingers in his ears) until I said: "the sound has ceased" He removed his fingers from his ears, came back on to the road and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) doing the same when he heard the flute of the Sheppard" (Recorded by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad and Abu Dawud & Ibn Majah in their Sunans). Abd Allah Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: "Verily Allah has forbidden alcohol, gambling, drum and guitar, and every intoxicant is haram" (Musnad Ahmad & Sunan Abu Dawud). Abu Umama (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give peace) said: "Allah Mighty and Majestic sent me as a guidance and mercy to believers and commanded me to do away with musical instruments, flutes, strings, crucifixes, and the affairs of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance" (Musnad Ahmad & Abu Dawud Tayalisi). Allah Most High said to Shaytan: "Lead to destruction those whom you can among them with your (seductive) voice" (Surah al-Isra, V.64). One of the great exegete, Mujahid (Allah have mercy on him) interpreted the word "voice (sawt)" by music, singing, dancing and idle things. (Ruh al-Ma'ani, 15/111). Imam Suyuti (Allah have mercy on him) quoted Mujahid as saying: "Voice (in this verse) is singing and flute" (al-Iklil fi istinbat al-tanzil, 1444). Another exegete, Dahhak (Allah have mercy on him) also interpreted the word "Sawt" with flutes. (Qurtubi, al-Jami` li Ahkam al-Qur'an, 10/288). Allah Most High says whilst describing the attributes of the servants of the Most Compassionate (ibad al-Rahman): "Those who witness no falsehood, and if they pass by futility, they pass by it with honourable avoidance" (Surah al-Furqan, V. 72). Imam Abu Bakr al-Jassas relates from Sayyiduna Imam Abu Hanifah (Allah be pleased with him) that the meaning of "falsehood (zur)" is music & song, (Ahkam al-Qur'an, 3/428). Allah Most High says: "And there are among men, those that purchase idle tales, to mislead (men) from the path of Allah and throw ridicule. For such there will be a humiliating punishment" (Surah Luqman, V. 6). The great Companion Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud (Allah be pleased with him) states in the explanation of the word "idle tales": "By Allah its meaning is music" (Sunan al-Bayhaqi, 1/223 & authenticated by al-Hakim in his Mustadrak, 2/411). Imam Ibn Abi Shayba related with his own transmission that He (Ibn Mas'ud) said: "I swear By Him besides whom there is no God that it refers to singing" (132/5). The great Companion and exegete of the Qur'an, Abd Allah ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) states: "The meaning of the word is music, singing and the like" (Sunan al-Bayhaqi, 1/221& Musannaf Ibn abi Shayba, 132/5). He also stated: "Music and the purchase of female singers" (Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba, 132/5). Hasan al-Basri (Allah be pleased with him) said: "This verse was revealed in relation to singing and musical instruments" (Tafsir ibn Kathir, 3/442) The same explanation has also been narrated from Mujahid, Ikrima, Ibrahim Nakha'i, Mak'hul and others (Allah be pleased with them all).