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The evidence is plain and clear; then why don’t we see it?

By Asma bint Shameem

What if I tell you that there is an issue for which there is solid evidence from the Qur’aan and Authentic Sunnah, the agreed opinion of all the four Rightly-guided Khalifas, the consensus of all the Sahaabah, the consensus of all the Tabi’een and their followers as well as the consensus of the four Imaams, Malik, Abu Haneefah, Shaafi’ee and Ahmad, along with the consensus of the great majority of dependable Islamic scholars up to the present time.

Would you doubt the validity of such as issue? Would you think that this issue is ‘controversial’ or that there is a ‘difference of opinion’ about it? I don’t think so.

The matter would stand crystal clear, way above any doubt or uncertainty. Right? Then why is it that we treat the issue of music this way?

Music, dear brothers and sisters, IS the issue I am talking about. There is clear, unmistakable evidence from the Qur’aan and Sunnah, that singing, and listening to music and musical instruments are HARAAM…….plain and simple.

And this was the opinion of all of the Four Rightly-guided Khalifas, all the Sahaabah, all the Tabi’een and all the Four Imaams and other great scholars. There were no confusions, no arguments or debates, no questions, no ifs or buts about it. The matter was as clear as the day and no one had any problems accepting that.

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