It should also be known that Abu Haneefa is reported as having, permitted, though with dislike, the selling of musical instruments. His two students differed with him on this as they saw no benefit in it and because it was [typically] prepared for sin.

but people around me telling me it was haraam was very difficult and caused me a lot of grief and anxiety in my heart. i felt like there was something wrong with me.

music can be a potent drug, and i agree one must be careful. but there are times when it has been very soothing for me and it is that sort of music im most attracted to.

i dont make haram music or anything, its all mainly guitar and instrumental, and if there’s singing its songs about life or positive things or as a form of a ‘therapy’ of sorts.

thanks for posting this, i can know i can feel not so naturally guilty about myself long as im not using it in a bad way and in a positive way.

Can you imagine a person engaged in memorizing, repeating the verses throughout the day, reflecting on the meaning of Allah’s words, then taking a break from this beautiful process to listen to music? The two don’t go together.

Hassen with respect what you have said here is just your opinion it is not a fact. To me it is perfectly reasonable for a person to study Qur’an and then listen to music, just as you may take a break and watch a football match or go for a run or bake a cake. You are viewing music as something negative and imagining someone listening to something horrible, but there are many songs with beautiful words and meanings, or perhaps you may like to sit outside and appreciate Allah’s creation while listening to some relaxing classical music, and think about what you have learnt in your studies of the Qur’an. It doesn’t have to be something negative.

“Preachers will abound like butterflies.” Do you all really imagine this kind of nonsense is what ALLAH wants from you, o faithful ones?

David (Dawud) ‘alaihis-salaam played music.

I usee to love listening to music even when I knew deep inside that what I was doing was wrong. I was born Muslim but was not such a practicing one. Until 8 years ago I was sort of a rebeL and even contemplating leaving Islam And change my name even. until a year ago I was not really into Islam although I was praying 4 times a day and doing qaza fajr (Even when I was a rebel I had always fasted all days of Ramadan so no change here). so during this time I really got into Islam by reading a ton of sites forums articles some quran tafsir and ahadith. ..and watching lots and lots of videos of speakers like dr zakir naik, abdur raheem green, shaikh ahmed deedat, yusuf estes, and others. …Masha Allah during this time I slowly slowly cut down on music and movies…

What changed ..during ramadan the tv is off the whole month. No music is played. ramadan used to be very difficult for me because of this. During ramadan to make up the loss of music I would listen to naath and nasheed without music even those in arabic. I thought…what I can do without in Ramadan I can surely do without period…Allahamdulilah I have cut down so much that it feels wrong to listen. I occasionally watch a movie making sure that all non-essential music is muted songs forwarded. I used to watch many movies a month…last movie I saw was about two months ago and only because it had relgion as the main topic was controversial and was talkbof everyone..

Anyway. I dont know whether others stop listening to music in Ramadan but if they do I ask WHY…what is prohibited or not desired in Ramadan should be prohibited or not desired at all…