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AL-GHINAA (MUSIC) -
PART 3
In traditions, prevelance of music has
been mentioned as one of the signs before the re-appearance of our 12th
Imam, Imam al-Hujjah (aj).
“And you shall see that music will be so prevalent that no one will
dissuade others nor will he find in himself the need to do so. And you
shall see that music would be openly played even in the two sanctuaries
(the city of Makkah and Madinah)”.
This is evident in our present age where
obscene music is openly played in the markets, on the streets, in shops
and houses and even in the cars and no one bothers to forbid or prevent
it !
In the last “Friday learning zone” we
discussed one of the adverse effects of music that
it gives a boost to
emotions and arouses lust and sensual powers beyond natural limit and
also dominates over ones ‘Aql i.e. intellect.
Music is also known to have adverse
effects on the physiques of man. Quoting from “Taseere Mousiqee bar
Asaab”, the Late Ayatullah Abdulhussein Dasti Ghayb writes in his book
“Gunahan-e-Kabeera” as follows:
Expert doctors, scientists and biologists
have defined two types of nerves, the principle nerves and the arterial
nerves. The Principle nerves stretch from the neck to all vital organs.
The Arterial nerves spread from the main nerves to all parts of the
body. The secondary nerves are connected to outward parts of the body
and convey the messeges to the brain. When the veins enlarge, the blood
pressure decreases. Due to the shrivelling of blood vessels, the blood
pressure increases. When the blood pressure varies at different parts of
the body, it affects the health.
When the secondary nerves
work they produce heat whereas the functioning of the central nerves
produces the opposite effect. It is due to these nerves that feelings of
sloth, sleep, thoughtlessness, forgetfulness, grief, sorrow, fainting,
unconciousness and even death occur. Obviously, when music can affect
various nerves, it can give rise to various maladies. Mental diseases as
well as physical ailments can occur. These mental effects can destroy
man’s reasoning capacity. It is for this reason that one who listens to
music is unable to perform work that can be accomplished by a sane
person.
Music creates vibrations in
the body and these are conveyed to all the parts of the body through the
nervous system. As a result of this, indigestion occurs. Music affects
the heart in such a way that the heartbeats become irregular. The blood
pressure goes awry. All such ailments make a person permanently ill.
Consequently, even modern medical science, inspite of its astonishing
progress, fails in such a situation. Sometimes, the music is so intense
that the listeners lose their sanity. They become dumb and various kinds
of mental diseases occur. In places where music is more prevalent, we
find that there are more neurotic illnesses…..
The late Ayatullah then adds:
Dr.Adlen writes against music, “Even
though it seems pleasant, the effect of music is profound upon the
nervous system. Especially, when the temperature is high, the ill effect
of music is more. This is the reason that ill effects of music are more
in the hot areas of Iran and Saudi Arabia. The American people are so
disgusted with the bane of music that they have united to demand from
the senate a permanent ban on music. It is a pity that the whole world
clearly perceives the evils of music and yet adopts music as
entertainment.”
Lastly, it would not be out of place to
quote the Late Ayatullah Seyyid Abul-Qasim al-Khui from his book
“al-Masaa-ilush Shar’iyyah”:
The prohibition of
intentionally listening and giving ear to haraam songs and music has
come in the holy tradition. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said:
“And the person with the (sin of) song (al-Ghinaa) will be raised (on
the day of resurrection) blind, deaf and dumb. The person with (the sin
of) adultery, of wood-wind, and of drum will also be raised in the same
way”.
He (saw) has also said:
“Whoever listens to the
entertainment (song and music), lead will be melted inside his ear on
the day of Judgement”.
It is also reported from him (saw):
“Singing and music are
enchantment for adultery”.
Simply put, it is a way that leads to
adultery as already explained in the previous supplement.
Readers are humbly
requested to recite Surah al-Fatihah for Late Ayatullah Dasti Ghayb,
Late Ayatullah al-Khui, Late Ahmed H Sheriff and all Marhumeen.
Mulla Mujaheedali
Sheriff
mulla@almahdi.org.uk |