Music And Dancing-Imams

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MUSIC IN ISLAM 4(IMAMS)

Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (ra) himself said about the Sûfîs: “I don’t know people better than them.” Someone said to him: “They listen to music and they reach states of ecstasy.” He said: “Do you prevent them from enjoying an hour with Allâh?” (Muhammad ibn Ahmad as-Saffarînî al-Hanbalî (died 1188) who related in his Ghidha’ al-albab li-sharh manzumat al-adab from Ibrahim ibn `Abd Allah al-Qalanasi) (Cairo: Matba`at al-Najah, 1324/1906)

Ibn Layun at-Tujibi said, “As for dancing in the mosque, it is in the Sahih Muslim collection from A`isha (RA) who said,An army came from Ethiopia beating drums on the day of the feast in the mosque. The Prophet ((saws)) invited me and I put my palms on his shoulders and watched them play.’”Ibn ‘Aynia said that ‘zafaf’ was to dance. If it was forbidden in its essence, it would not have been done in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (saws).

Ibn Hajr Al-Haytami stated in his Fatawaa Hadithiyya,“It is permissible to stand and dance during gatherings of dhikr (remembrance of Allah (SWT)) and Samaa’ (audition) according to a number of great scholars including Shaykh-ul-Islaam Al-’Izz ibn Abdus-Salaam.”

Imaam An-Nawawi (Ra) :Dancing is not unlawful, unless it is languid, like the movements of the effeminate. And it is permissible to speak and to sing poetry, unless it satirizes someone, is obscene, or alludes to a particular woman”(Minhaj al-talibin wa ‘umdat al-muttaqin. Cairo 1338/1920)

Imaam As-Suyuti (ra):How can one condemn making dhikr while standing, or standing while making dhikr, when Allah (SWT) Most High says, “. . . those who invoke Allah (SWT) standing, sitting, and upon their sides” (Koran 3:191).

Imâm Ahmad ibn Hanbal also reports the following in his Musnad:

“Aisha stated that Allâh’s Messenger (saws) put her cheek on his shoulder while looking at the Abyssinians (Habashîs) dance.”

Hazrat Ali(R.A) said: I visited the Prophet with Ja`far (ibn Abi Talib and Zayd (ibn Haritha). The Prophet (peace be upon him)said to Zayd: “You are my freedman” (anta mawlay), whereupon Zayd began to hop on one leg around the prophet (hajala). The Prophet (peace be upon him)then said to Ja`far: “You resemble me in my creation and my manners” (anta ashbahta khalqi wa khuluqi), whereupon Ja`far began to hop behind Zayd.The Prophet (peace be upon him)then said to me: “You pertain to me and I pertain to you” (anta minni wa ana minka) whereupon I began to hop behind Ja`far.[Ahmad, Musnad 1:108 (#860).] Shaykh Sanusi in his musrat al -faqir.

(Musnad al-Imam Ahmad 1.108) … this being a basis for the legal acceptability of the Sufis dancing from the joys of the ecstasies they experience. (al-Hawi li al-fatawi. 2 vols. Cairo 1352/1933–34)

Scholars have seen in this evidence for the permissibility of dancing (ar-raqs) upon hearing a recital (samâ`) that lifts the spirit.(al-Haytamî, Fatâwâ hadithiyya p. 212).

Allama Shaami (ra)has listed 6 conditions for Qawaali,

1. The gathering must be free from Amrads (boys without beards) and the entire congregation should be people who are worthy (Ahl) of it, not those who are not.

2. The intention of the reciter (Qawaal) should be sincere. He shouldn’t intend taking compensation for his recital.

3. The congregation should not have the intention of eating and amusement when coming to it.

4. Without true Wajd (spiritual concentration), no one should stand up.

5. The verses shouldn’t contradict or go against the Shariah.

6. An Ahl (one worthy of Qawaali) is one who does not feel the strike of a sword to the body in the state of Wajd. – Raddul-Muhtaar, Vol. 5, Kitaabul-Karaahiyat

He further writes, “Some Sufiya state that an Ahl of Qawaali is he who hasn’t eaten for seven days and, if there is both food before him and Qawaali, he leaves the food and goes for the latter.” -Ibid

Singing, music and dancing which leads people towards sin cannot be allowed. The singing will be judged as per the assembly of people and what they are singing.

‘O’people of belief, do not consider forbidden those good things that Allah (SWT) has allowed. (5/87).

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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