Don't Touch It With A Stick

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

Our hearts are jaded. The reason for this is that we are saturated by things we have no need for, e.g. music and ballgames. Pastime is not cheap thrills. Pastime is enriching the soul through worship and remembrance of Allah.

Music only detracts one from Allah. And many scholars say it is haram (forbidden).

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]

Allah describes believers as, when God is mentioned, their hearts quake.

إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّـهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُهُۥ زَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَـٰنًا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ﴿٢﴾ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ ﴿٣﴾ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا ۚ لَّهُمْ دَرَجَـٰتٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ ﴿٤

Those only are believers who, when God is mentioned, their hearts quake, and when His signs are recited to them, it increases them in faith, and in their Lord they put their trust, (2) those who perform the prayer, and expend of what We have provided them, (3) those in truth are the believers; they have degrees with their Lord, and forgiveness, and generous provision. (4)

Many people are completely oblivious to Qur'an. They don't know what Qur'an sounds like and they don't appreciate the realities that are there because they are locked into a virtual hell--they think it is paradise.

Don't touch music with a stick. Don't touch it with a pole. Stay away from music entirely and your life will be richer.

May Allah protect us from what He has forbidden and all evils. Ameen. Pleased don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

related archives:
Diversion
Tasting the Miracle of the Qur'an
It Is The Sound of Music with a video by Shaykh Kamal El-Mekki

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam