Here is a fitting rejoinder to those extremist scholars who declare music to be unislamic – From an Islamic standpoint Music is Halal By Default…You Need Evidence For Its Prohibition There is a guiding principle amongst the surviving schools of thought that all matters not related to worship (those in the cultural realm for example) are deemed [...] [...more]
Translated from Arabic by Shaykh Michael Mumisa Alimiyya (Dar al-Ulum al-Islamiyya), BA Hons., MA (RAU), MPhil (Birmingham), PhD candidate (Newcastle). Lecturer: University of Birmingham, Playing the tambourine and other musical instruments on special occasions is allowed by unanimous agreement. Listening to music, attending musical gatherings, and studying music of all genres and instruments is allowed as long as [...] [...more]
