Sunday, December 23, 2007

The row over music

Is music allowed in Islam?

Adaalat versus the Supreme Religious Council.

According to Miadhu, "In Dheenuge Magu, Shiekh Mohamed Rasheed has said that expressing joy, singing, beating drums, using tambourines and playing music on Eid days, wedding receptions and circumcision ceremonies are allowed within the boundaries of Islam.

“Mentioning the boundary, religious scholars have said that it has to be done in such a way that it does not put an obstacle in performing religious obligations, not in a way that it put obstacle in the work to do to feed your family, and in a way that bad actions are not included in a ceremony and that no bad words are not included in a song”

Sheikh Hussain Rasheed has said that there is no controversy among the scholars that singing without music and without bad words and love is allowed in Islam. But he said that the majority of eminent religious scholars agree that singing with all modern music instruments excluding tambourine are not allowed. "



Does this mean all the killer songs, the magnus opus of Hindi entertainment that drown our nation's radio and TV are unislamic? Does it mean Muslims should not watch them and our learned religious scholars failed to get this right?

3 comments:

Dhivehi Resistance said...

No modern music instruments. No music, no bad words and no LOVE(?)

I am waiting to get a list of bad words that should not be sung within the boundaries of Islam.

Welcome to Dhivehistan. Shake your tambourine, beat your drum.

Simon said...

Hilmy,

My head is hurting from shaking!

Words fail me. Honestly, what is this? Is it any surprise that Muslims are so backward?

And what is this fixation with the Tambourine?

My goodness me!

Anonymous said...

"row"seems to be new buzz word spreading.