I heard from an Islamic colleague that playing musical instruments e.g. piano, violin, harp is against muslim law. How is this justified in their view?
2007-11-16 20:38:45 · 21 answers · asked by einenglander 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
we DONT think that.
we have islamic songs, just as other religions do.. most of them are accompanied by awesome background music.
hell, my brother plays the electric guitar.
2007-11-19 12:20:10 · answer #1 · answered by 412envy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on what kind of sect of Islam.
My (muslim) friends will not listen to any kind of music. I once asked if they could play music, if it was forbidden, and he said 'certain' instruments are allowed, whatever that meant.
I think the more moderate islamic countries like Turkey etc have music, but that would be the Armenian or Anatolic music?
The concept of life without music is complete horror to me, yet another nail in the coffin of Islam (to my mind), is it's grotesque perversion of one of nature's finest things: musical scales and notes. Few things are more 'spiritual' to me than the sound of a blackbird's voice, or a child singing a happy song, or the notes of a piano played in an empty room an a late afternoon....etc
Life without it would become slowly suffocating.
As ever, the Muslims all disagree whether it is 'haram' or not. Try typing 'is music haram?' into Google and see...
"Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “There will certainly be people from my Ummah who will attempt to legalize fornication, the wearing of silk (for males), the consuming of wine and the use of musical instruments” (Al-Jaamius Sagheer - Pg. 139)"
http://www.beautifulislam.net/halalharam/music.htm
So, obviously, wine, women, and song are as evil as silk.
2007-11-16 20:49:26 · answer #2 · answered by Bajingo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolute rubbish!!!!! If that was so why do they play the tabla and sing qwallis in a group?
Another thing is this...all the new instruments were not invented at the time the Koran was written nor were the piano, violin and harp. radio or tv so where did that one come from?
2007-11-16 20:44:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm an evangelical christian and I have lived in a Muslim land for a total of 8 years and they love music and of course to have music you need to play instruments. I don't know where u got your info from?
Hey Punter your response has no connection to the question
2007-11-16 20:43:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately music is forbidden in Islam. A Muslim can be a part of an opera but it will inflict damage to his/her Amaal and also the money earned by this profession is haraam.So if no money is being earned then it is OK.
2016-05-23 23:01:54 · answer #5 · answered by leah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the wrong interpretation of some hadith by some Orthodox Muslims. where as there is no such ban in Quran and valid hadith
and to support my views just look at in Pakistan where one Muslim orthodox religious leader give some fatwas
1) he said drinking polio drops by kids is haram. and the kids who will die from polio will go to heaven.
2) wearing pant and shirt is haram in Islam
3) going to any doctor is haram.
4) viewing TV is haram even if u view some Islamic programs in it.
5) going to school and colleges is haram
so u can judge urself the mental aptitude of the present Muslims religious leaders.
2007-11-16 23:56:57 · answer #6 · answered by Eccentric 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It isn't. Some Muslims interpret Islamic law like that.
2007-11-17 12:29:33 · answer #7 · answered by Shafeeqah 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I love listening to music myself..its also a form of enjoyment and relaxation.
There is a close relationship between music and bodily movements. We find that people listening to music automatically start tapping their fingers and feet, as if the music is permeating in their blood. It is also proved that music affect`s one`s emotions, increases arousal in terms of alertness and excitement and also leads to various physiological changes in the person. In a psychology experiment, it was found that listening to moderate type of music increased one`s normal heart beat, whilst listening to rock music the heart beat increased even further, yet people claim that music has no effect.
Some of today`s music follow a general theme of sex, fornication, drinks and drugs..sometimes accompanied by explicit videos of men and women dancing semi naked...this is where it is forbidden in Islam.
2007-11-16 22:57:53 · answer #8 · answered by London_Girl 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Well, I play keyboards, piano. My wife & I sing too. My friends play guitars, drums, trumpet, sax & others.
No such verses in the Quran forbids that.
We dont buy other books.
-Muslims, Kuala Lumpur-
2007-11-17 13:04:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had no idea that playing a musical instrument is against muslim law. Oh, how boring it must be for them.
Guess if I was muslim....of which I will NEVER BE....That means I cannot play my organ.....hehehe
2007-11-17 02:34:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋