Music
Definitions of Music
The art of
combining sounds or sequences of notes into harmonious patterns that is
pleasing to the ear.
Any sound that is
produced for entertainment and is capable of exciting passion.
Sounds that
produce a strange type of sorrow or pleasure for the listener.
Origin of Music
When the Prophet
Adam died Cain, the one who killed his brother Able out of jealousy,
wanted to share his happiness with Satan. To celebrate his father’s
death, Cain and Satan created musical instruments.
Bad Effects of Music
Increases blood
pressure and blood sugar content and slows the human digestive system.
The excitement and
tension from music can cause ulcers, affect the hearing, and produces
emotional instability.
Music destroys the
sense of shame and self-respect and removes feelings of love, humanness,
and mercy: “Music is the ladder of fornication.” (Prophet Mohammed
(p.b.u.h.))
It creates
hypocrisy: “Listening to music, songs, and useless words cultivates
hypocrisy in the heart in the same way.” (Imam Sadiq (a.s.))
Music causes
poverty: “Music creates hypocrisy and causes poverty.” (Imam Ali
(a.s.))
It causes
forgetfulness of God: “The house where music is played is not safe from
sudden disasters. Supplications at such a place are not answered.
Angels do not enter this place.” (Imam Sadiq (a.s.))
Punishments for Music
“Molten lead shall
be poured into the ears of one who listens intently to songs.” (Prophet
Mohammed (p.b.u.h.))
“Whenever a person
begins singing, two Satans alight upon his shoulders and continue to
beat upon his chest, till the time he continues the song.” (Imam Sadiq
(a.s.))
“When the singer
shall emerge from his grave on the Day of Judgment, he shall be blind,
deaf, and also mute.” (Prophet Mohammed (p.b.u.h.))
“Music is that sin
which has been promised a penalty of fire (of Hell) by the Almighty
Allah. Since it is evident that whichever sin has been promised Hell as
its punishment is a major sin. It could be derived from the above
tradition that singing is also a sin of the same category.” (Imam Baqir
(a.s.))
Source: “Music
and Dancing – A Major Sin.” Ja’afari. May 1998, p15-18. |