In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Death will come to each and everyone of us, unannounced. It may be while we are cooking, eating, swimming, jogging, sporting, driving, having fun with our children, talking, listening to something, watching something, sleeping, studying, praying, fasting, or reciting the Qur'an, only Allah knows. What do you think will roll easily out of your tongue during that last moments? Is it going to be La ilaha illa Allah إله إلا الله,لا? Or some music lyrics or some cuss words?
This video is a tremendous one hour investment of your time. Please ask your children to listen with you. If you are too busy now, listen from the 48 minute mark for now, and get back to it later ASAP. SubhanAllah, it made me cry along.
We need our youth but many of them can't live without music. They can't hear you, let alone the adhan (call for prayer), when their ears are plugged with those ear buds! What do they learn from music and what will become of them without the love of Allah?
The heart which loves music has no room to love Allah. And this is what is happening to many of our youth today. They don't know their religion. They don't know their Creator. Music has wasted their time and they don't have time to learn about their Creator and to be productive member of the society for that matter.
Music is everywhere, even in Muslim countries, in Muslim media, in Muslim households, in Muslim automobiles. Music has become the staple. They are readily available. There are also these free music downloads which make it easy for our youth to get to them. And they listen to it day in and day out. It is no wonder our youth, even the semi practicing ones, know more about musicians, new albums, music lyrics, but don't know Allah and His Messenger, Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his companions, or how to recite al-Fatiha properly. We need to end the music in their lives. Start in your own home--delete all the music folders and break all those music CDs. May Allah help you and give you sabr. Ameen.
Music begins with the Shaytan and ends with the wrath of Allah. There is no doubt about this saying. Don't be fooled by those who said music is halal (lawful). Even if some music is permissible, it is a step towards haram (unlawful). Just watch your behavior when you listen to music or when you sing a song. At the very least, Allah is neither in your heart nor in your mind--so it takes you away from the remembrance of Allah. What if you die at that moment? What do you think would be your final words? La ilaha illa Allah إله إلا الله,لا or the music your are humming or some lyrics you have memorized?
Narrated Abu 'Amir or Abu Malik Al−Ash`ari: that he heard the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying,
"From among my followers there will be some people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instruments, as lawful. And there will be some people who will stay near the side of a mountain and in the evening their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night and will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection." (Bukhari)May Allah forgive us, give us an excellent ending and make our final words as La ilaha illa Allah (there is not god except Allah). Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
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