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Experiment
by A.Q.Alidost
Hassan; “Is Music Haram?”
Jason: “How would I know, I’m a new convert”
Omar: “I’ve heard it’s haram”
Tariq: “Actually, from what I’ve heard, it’s not haram.”
Jason: “From what I’ve heard, cows can fly!”
Silence
Hassan: “ What do you mean by this, Jason?”
J: “Well, we can’t just assume things in our religion by hearing things around, right?”
Group agreed
J: “So why don’t we ask someone knowledgeable.”
O: “Here is Alidost, let’s ask him.”
H: “Alidost, salam alaikom”
Alidost: “Wa alaikumussalam, how are you guys doing?”
O: “We’re fine…”
J: “We have a question for you.”
A: “Shoot!”
H: “Is Music Haram?”
A: “Do you mean playing music, singing, buying and selling instruments, or listening to music? Or watching music videos? Participating in musical videos, playing music background in a movie or party…what is your question?”
H: “In general, can a Muslim listen to music”
A: “How would I know! I am not a scholar”
J: “Do you listen to music?”
A: “And since when I became your role model? You should ask if Prophet listened to music?”
H: “No no no, you’re making this complicated. I keep on hearing that music is haram.”
A: “ I don’t know, but I know one thing…”
Silence
T: “well?..what?”
A: “ Do an experiment”
O: What experiment
A: For three weeks, just listen to music. Your favorite ones. Do not listen to Qur’an at all. Listen to any music: classical, rap, rock, whatever you like.
O: For three weeks?
A: Yes, and now let me finish…yeah…for three weeks. Do NOT listen to any Qur’an tapes. And then for two weeks, just listen to Qur’an tapes, no music. At first it may be boring and hard, but be patient and imagine you are fasting from music.
T: Then what
A: Keep listening ONLY to Qur’an tapes for two weeks, and listen to your favorite voices and recitations and translations for two weeks.
H: OK
A: And then. After two weeks of only listening to Qur’an, try to go back to your favorite music and see how you feel. THAT should tell you if music is haram or not.
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