Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymîyyah رحمه الله said:
“Music is forbidden according to all of the four Imaams.” [al-Minhaj 3/442]
Sheikh Uthaymeen [رحمه الله]:
"If you see your brother debating and disputing when the truth is clear and he does not want to follow it, you should flee from him in the same way as you flee from a lion. Tell him that you have nothing more than that to say to him, and let him be."
[Sharh Hilyah Talib-ul-‘Ilm, Page 28]
Ibnul Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“Singing [and music] is worse and more harmful than stories of emperors, because it directs [one] to adultery and fornication and it is the fountainhead of hypocrisy. It is the snare of the Shaytaan, and it intoxicates the intellect, Its obstructing (people) from the Qur’aan is worse than any way in which other types of phony speech blocks them, because the souls of people lean towards [sounds like this] and have the desire to listen to it.”
[Ighaathatul-Lahfaan’,1/
Ibn Rajaab said:
"People started singing about alcohol & other sinful activities therefore the sahaba took a firm stance against music."
[Fat-h, Volume: 6, Page: 77]
Ibn Mas'ūd رضي الله عنه said:
"Music breeds hypocrisy in the heart just as water causes vegetation." [Igātha al-Lahfān 1/225-268]
Imām ash-Shafi'ī [رحمه الله] said: "Whosoever listens to music, then he is an idiot (سفيه) whose testimony is to be rejected."
[الأم للشافعي (٦\٢٠٩)]
Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal [رحمه الله] was asked about ghinaa’ (singing/music). So, he said:
"Music causes hypocrisy to sprout/grow in the heart"
[Al-Mughni of Ibn Qudaamah, (12/42)]
Ibn al-Uthaymîn: "Nasheed is an innovation. It imitates what the Sufis innovated in the religion." [Tandheem Al-Ikhwaani al-Muslimeen, Page 139]
Shaykh al-Fawzān حفظه الله: "Nasheeds are not Islamic. They are like music. They should be shunned and not sold." [Al-Khutab Al-Mimbariyyah 3/184]
Shaykh Sālih al-Fawzān حفظه الله: "Nasheeds are from the signs of the Soofis and Hizbis." [Fatawaa Ala Hawaa - 05/05/34]
Shaykh al-Albanî [رحمه الله]: "Nasheeds may be performed in the manner of songs & performed like the customs of western music." [Tahreem Alaat al-Tarb]
Shaykh al-Albanî [رحمه الله]: "This is a new mistake, and imitation of the non-muslims and immoral people."
[Ibid]
Shaykh 'Abdul Muhsin al-'Abbaad said,
"A person should spend his time with what will give him good in return in this life and the life after this. Let him occupy himself with remembrance of Allaah, read the Qur'aan and beneficial books. Moreover, it is also fine to listen to beneficial poetry which urges to noble character and good adab. But as for these Anasheed which are listened to in these times, and which are sung in choirs to thereafter be recorded and sold, one should neither listen to them nor care about them (i.e one should ignore them)."
[al-Qawl al-Mufeed fee Hukm-il-Anaasheed, Page 70]
Imām Shāfi'ī [رحمه الله] said:
"Thagbīr (Anāshīd) were created by heretics to distance people away from the Qur`ān."
[مجموع الفتاوى لإبن تيمية ١١\٥٣٢]
Sh. Sālih al-Fawzān حفظه الله said:
"There's no such thing as 'islamic nashīd', this is the innovation of sūfīs, it is not permissible to promote them."
[مجلة الدعوة (١٦٣٢)]
“Music is forbidden according to all of the four Imaams.” [al-Minhaj 3/442]
Sheikh Uthaymeen [رحمه الله]:
"If you see your brother debating and disputing when the truth is clear and he does not want to follow it, you should flee from him in the same way as you flee from a lion. Tell him that you have nothing more than that to say to him, and let him be."
[Sharh Hilyah Talib-ul-‘Ilm, Page 28]
Ibnul Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“Singing [and music] is worse and more harmful than stories of emperors, because it directs [one] to adultery and fornication and it is the fountainhead of hypocrisy. It is the snare of the Shaytaan, and it intoxicates the intellect, Its obstructing (people) from the Qur’aan is worse than any way in which other types of phony speech blocks them, because the souls of people lean towards [sounds like this] and have the desire to listen to it.”
[Ighaathatul-Lahfaan’,1/
Ibn Rajaab said:
"People started singing about alcohol & other sinful activities therefore the sahaba took a firm stance against music."
[Fat-h, Volume: 6, Page: 77]
Ibn Mas'ūd رضي الله عنه said:
"Music breeds hypocrisy in the heart just as water causes vegetation." [Igātha al-Lahfān 1/225-268]
Imām ash-Shafi'ī [رحمه الله] said: "Whosoever listens to music, then he is an idiot (سفيه) whose testimony is to be rejected."
[الأم للشافعي (٦\٢٠٩)]
Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal [رحمه الله] was asked about ghinaa’ (singing/music). So, he said:
"Music causes hypocrisy to sprout/grow in the heart"
[Al-Mughni of Ibn Qudaamah, (12/42)]
Ibn al-Uthaymîn: "Nasheed is an innovation. It imitates what the Sufis innovated in the religion." [Tandheem Al-Ikhwaani al-Muslimeen, Page 139]
Shaykh al-Fawzān حفظه الله: "Nasheeds are not Islamic. They are like music. They should be shunned and not sold." [Al-Khutab Al-Mimbariyyah 3/184]
Shaykh Sālih al-Fawzān حفظه الله: "Nasheeds are from the signs of the Soofis and Hizbis." [Fatawaa Ala Hawaa - 05/05/34]
Shaykh al-Albanî [رحمه الله]: "Nasheeds may be performed in the manner of songs & performed like the customs of western music." [Tahreem Alaat al-Tarb]
Shaykh al-Albanî [رحمه الله]: "This is a new mistake, and imitation of the non-muslims and immoral people."
[Ibid]
Shaykh 'Abdul Muhsin al-'Abbaad said,
"A person should spend his time with what will give him good in return in this life and the life after this. Let him occupy himself with remembrance of Allaah, read the Qur'aan and beneficial books. Moreover, it is also fine to listen to beneficial poetry which urges to noble character and good adab. But as for these Anasheed which are listened to in these times, and which are sung in choirs to thereafter be recorded and sold, one should neither listen to them nor care about them (i.e one should ignore them)."
[al-Qawl al-Mufeed fee Hukm-il-Anaasheed, Page 70]
Imām Shāfi'ī [رحمه الله] said:
"Thagbīr (Anāshīd) were created by heretics to distance people away from the Qur`ān."
[مجموع الفتاوى لإبن تيمية ١١\٥٣٢]
Sh. Sālih al-Fawzān حفظه الله said:
"There's no such thing as 'islamic nashīd', this is the innovation of sūfīs, it is not permissible to promote them."
[مجلة الدعوة (١٦٣٢)]
