tambourines."
Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said," Molten lead will be put in the ears of that person who listens attentively to music and songs.
Imam Ali Reza (a.s) said," And to listen attentively to the musical instrument (is also a greater sin )....." manufacturing, buying or selling musical instrument is forbidden, and the profits accured from such dealings are illegal and the transaction is also null and void. Even safe keeping of musical instrument is forbidden and to destroy them is obligatory.
Imam Jafar Sadique (a.s) said," Allah has prohibited the manufacturing of such things which are used for harmful purpose. And the things which only create harm. Thus the manufacturing of harp, flute, chess, musical instruments cross of crucification, idols is forbidden."
Imam Mohammed Baqir (a.s) said : Singing is one of those sins for which Allah has reserved the punishment of Hell.
The place where songs and music are played, Allah’s warth descends, as the following traditions says:-
Imam Ali (a.s) said," And music and songs give rise to hypocrisy, and is one of the ways leading towards poverty and hunger.
Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said," Molten lead will be put in the ears of that person who listens attentively to music and songs.
Imam Jafar Sadqiue (a.s) said," Thus to teach singing and music to learn to play it or to receive payment for it and to indulge in any kind of musical pastime is forbidden."
Imam Jafar Sadqiue (a.s) said," Don’t enter a house in which Allah’s Blessings And bounties are turned away from the habitants of the house, at such a place neither the Supplications are responded nor the Angels come near such place."
Imam Jafar Sadqiue (a.s) said," One who has been bestowed with favours of Allah; while in possession of such favours plays flute, he has been unthankful to the favours of Allah."
Masoomeen (a.s) said," And you will see that music will become so common that no one will forbid others. Nor will anyone find himself the courage to forbid anyone."
The words masoomeen is a proved fact as we do experience the situation in our day to day lives.
Singing becomes the cause of Adultery as the below mentioned tradition states:-
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w) said," Singing is a ladder to Adultery."
Singing gives rise to the lust in man which ultimately gives out bad consequences. Not only he who sings but also the one who listens attentively to it becomes negligent towards Allah and is ready for immoral deeds.
Imam Jafar Sadqiue (a.s) said," All those past times and amusement are major sins, which makes a person negligent in remembering Allah. Example people indulging in singing, music and musical gadgets.
Yes, indeed its a fact that music not only makes shame and modesty disappear, but also destroys love, brotherhood and generousness. In short, it makes the whole environment a specimen of Hell.
Imam Jafar Sadqiue (a.s) said, "One who plays music in the house for forty days, will be beset by a satan named Fogander. Allah will cause that satan to occupy each and every part of that persons body. When this would happen then shame would depart from him and he would not care what he is saying, nor what is being said about him. Then the Satan would blow unto him and after that his modesty would be completely destroyed. Then he would not feel ashamed, even if the chastity of his women is being defiled."
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w) said," the playing of violen cause hypocrisy to grow in the heart, in the same way as water becomes the cause of the growth of greenery."
Imam Ali (a.s) said," Angels do not enter the house which has wine, drum, tambourine or a flute. Even the innovations of the people of that house are not accepted, and the fortunate blessings from them are taken away."
Imam Ali Reza (a.s) said," That person in whose house is kept for forty days a drum’ flute or any other musical instrument chess or similar things that person invokes the warth of Allah and if that person dies during those forty days his death shall be of a transgressor and a libertine. His abode shall be Hell and what a terrible abode it is."
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w) said," A person who sings will be put in the group of those people on whom Allah will not look with grace, on the Day of Judgement."
Dance halls are modern nurseries of the Divorce Courts, training shops of prostitution, and the graduating school of infamy and vice. "Dr. l. l. Holling worth.)
I attack the mordern dance as a reversion towards savagery. As a medical man, I flatly charge that modern social dancing is fundamentally sinful and evil. I charge that it is the most insidious of the monoevres prelimary to sex betrayal. It is nothing more or less than damnable dia bolical animal physical, dissipation. Do brother and sister dance like that? Father & mother ? Mother & son? I tell you the basic spell of the dance is the spell of illict physical contact..... We doctors know trial of broken homes prove this." (Dr. E.S. Sonners)
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w) said," The person possessing aguiler WILL be brought on the Day of Judgement with a black face he would have a guitar of fire in his hand, and above him will be seventy thousand angels, all carrying the maces of fire. They would be striking the maces on the head and face of that person And the singer shall arise from his grave blind, deaf and dumb and the adulterer shall also be raised from the graves in this way. And the one who plays flute shall be similarly raised and the one who plays the drum too."
The above Tradition clearly proves that all those people involving themselves in singing, committing adultery or playing musical instruments will be gathered on the Day of judgement as Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
Let us seek refuge in Allah from the temptations of Shaitaan so that he may never lead us into the disgraceful vice of listening to music. Let us make a firm resolution to keep our houses clean of this ignominy, let our children listen to sounds inuocating and glorifying Allah, rather than the satanic chants of music.
Let us not follow the habits promoted by the killers of Imam Hussain (a.s.).
Let us make a firm determination to eradicate this sin from our society completely.
Often people are heard to say: "But music has so much influence upon our feelings; so why such a thing should be forbidden?" But it is precisely because of its great influence upon heart and mind that it is forbidden. There would have been no need to ban it if it were with out any effect. The thing which is to be decided is whether its influence is good or bad. And it has been shown in the previous pages that music and dance have harmful effects physiologically, spiritually and ethically upon human beings.
Music is like intoxicants in that it makes one forget one’s surroundings; and one does not know what is happening to him or her. The following episode is a good example of the effect of music:
Frank King is reported in ‘Reader’s Digest (Vol. E No. 481; May 1962) as saying:-
"I returned home one evening and noticed a large red mark that looked like a burn on my wife’s right cheek. When I asked her what had happened she sheepishly told me the story. She set up the iron-board in the living room so that she could watch a favourite television programme while doing the ironing the telephone table was also near at hand. As she was intently watching TV, the phone rang, and she reached out automatically and answered the iron."
Another interesting story was published in the Tanganyika Standard (Dar-es-Salaam) some 23 years ago. A pregnant woman attended a musical programme in a local cinema. She became so much engrossed in it that she gave birth to a baby on the spot without realizing what was happening to her. ‘Was it a cinema hall or maternity home?’, asked the paper.
Realizing the importance of this engrossing quality of music, the scientists are trying to use it as an aid in surgery. Reader’s Digest (Vol. 80, No. 477; January, 1962) writes:-
"Audio-analgesia, or painkilling by sound, is one of modern science’s newest discoveries. The combination of music and other sounds has alleviated pain in dentistry, surgery and childbirth. Nobody can predict how widely the technique will be used, but those who have^ experienced it entertained high hopes —like the new mother who wheeled from the delivery room exclaiming, What a wonderful experience! I’ll always remember South pacific.
Palcetry Galiard, while on the operation table, asked for one of his own musical tapes to be played in the room. The effect was a spate of grief which made as present cry; and the operation was performed without any anesthetic.
All this goes a long way to prove that the music has the same effect on nerves and mind as the anesthesia. Nobody, in his right mind, would suggest that chloroform should be daily used by the general public, because it is such a good thing in the operation theatre. If music is a good anaesthetic, let it be used in surgery and deliveries of children. But can that use ever justify its common use in every home at all times and in all circumstances?
Note : Here I would like to include an article
Television — A Blessing or a curse?
by Muntazir.
If a child is afraid of something, expose him to it often and his fears will diminish or disappear.
Dr. Victor B. Cline, a University of Utah (USA) Psychologist and four year research assistant, wrote, "Psychologists have for years demonstrated, for example, that you can overcome a person’s fear of snakes by gradually exposing him to others who casually play with snakes."
He then adds, "It stands to reason that you can also change attitudes and emotional responses to violence, sex and various antisocial behavior by repeated exposure."
Everyone, especially a Muslim, should seriously consider the effect before he exposes himself or his children to anti-religious behavior.
These days, it is a sign of "Education" and "intelligentsia" to have Television at home, giving little thought to its long-term effect, especially on children.
Much research has been done in the United States of America on the effect of Television on its viewers. President Nixon had appointed a Commission to study Causes and Prevention of Violence. The commission, in its Report published in; 1970, said that Television networks were "pandering to a public preoccupation with violence that television itself has helped to generate." The Commission concluded that on the basis of many experimental studies "observed violence stimulates aggressive behavior."
Dr. Robert M. Liepert of the State University of New York at Stony Brook (U.S.A.), after considerable research, concluded: "There is a link between televised violence and aggressive behavior for the majority of normal children." Although it has previously been assumed that only abnormal children would be affected by viewing scenes of violence, Liepert strongly disagreed. He writes, "The data show no evidence that only a minority is influenced. This is a factual error."
Dr. Victor B. Cline, the Psychologist, says that "The media are powerful teachers of values and ethical behaviour, and sometimes may play a more significant role than the Church."
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