Today, world cannot imagine life without music. Music makes you
happy and takes your mind off your problems in the short run. It’s just like
drugs, alcohol, and gambling. People take in order to get peace & to
distract them from the daily toils and personal problems. But, Allah (swt) says
in Holy Quran that a believer’s heart will get peace through remembrance of
Allah only. (13:28)
Allah (swt) says in Holy Quran, "And of mankind is he who
purchases idle talks (i.e. music, singing, etc.) to mislead (men) from the Path
of Allah without knowledge, and takes it (the Path of Allah, the Verses of the
Quran) by way of mockery. For such there will be a humiliating torment (in the
Hell-Fire)". (Surah Luqman 31:6)
Ahmad Ibn Ziyad Ibn Ja’far Al-Hamdani (May Allah Rest his Soul)
narrated, he said: Ali Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Hashim narrated, he said: Al-Rayyan Ibn
Al-Salta narrated he said: One day while Al-Reza (as) was in Khorasān I asked
him something: My master, I heard from Ibrahim Ibn Hashim that you had gave him
permission in listening to music?
Imam (as) said: That disbeliever is lying, for he asked me about
that and I responded to him by saying: A man once asked Abu Ja’far Al-Sadiq
(as) about this and he responded by saying: If Allah is to show us truth and
falsehood, then music would be on the side of falsehood, this is the final
judgment (as in I have passed judgment on this question).
[Uyoon Akhbar al-Reza (as) - Vol.1,
Pg.17]
Some Effects of Music:
1. Hypocrisy
-
The Sixth Imam (a.s.) has also
stated, “The playing
of violin promotes the growth of hypocrisy in the heart like water assists the
growth of vegetation (algae).”(Wasa’il ul-Shia)
2. Divine wrath -
Imam Ali ar-Reza (a.s.), "A person invites Divine wrath when in his house instruments like flute, drum and chess are played for forty days. If this man dies within these forty days, his death would be of a sinner and a transgressor. His place shall be in Hell. And what a dreadful place it is!" (Mustanad al Taraqi)
Imam Ali ar-Reza (a.s.), "A person invites Divine wrath when in his house instruments like flute, drum and chess are played for forty days. If this man dies within these forty days, his death would be of a sinner and a transgressor. His place shall be in Hell. And what a dreadful place it is!" (Mustanad al Taraqi)
3.
Your brain stops working -
Because it creates a false euphoria, you keep going back for
another fix. It completely takes over your mind and affects your judgment.
The British neurologist Oliver Sacks says: “music can involve
many different parts of the brain, special parts for the response to pitch, and
to frequency, and to timbre, and to rhythm, and to melodic contour, and to
harmonic and everything else” thus, completely occupying the brain.
Dr. Ballam states: “The human mind shuts down after three or
four repetitions of a rhythm, or a melody, or a harmonic progression.” (Ballam,
Michael. Music and the Mind, pp 1-8.)
Hope the above helped to prove your
habit of not listening to music is indeed a good habit.
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