Why All Music With Halal Lyrics Allowed?
As far as all emotional triggers are concerned, it’s only “khamar” or intoxicants which are injested that are declared Haram. Its only these injestible intoxicants can make one actually loose control while triggering all kinds of emotion be it drunkardness, ecstasy, an emotional high, depression or any other kind of happiness/sadness etc etc. A lot of young and rebellious people do these drungs and/or are in bad environments and that particular kind of rock music which usually does have an evil message only enhances the effect they are feeling due to these Haram actions. Hard metal/rock tunes in themselves can’t be compared to drugs. Sure it may cause adrenaline rush and trigger emotions but things other than music can have the same effect too like watching an intense sports match, watching people doing stunts, winning game or a competition, listening to a motivational speech or viewing scenery which fills one with energy. If an individual feels that it’s the tunes themselves that are leading him to evil that’s just his own personal opinion and it’s advised for him to avoid it. With things like musical beats and tunes there is no one size fits all approach and it is very possible that a particular tune can incite person A to do Good and person B to do evil. In this case, no harm or sin on person A for listening to it but person B should avoid it. The principle above can be applied to anything else in the world for example doing business which is equated to doing ibabat in some scenarios. I’ve personally seen majority of people who do business and are successful become arrogant, selfish and distracted from the path of Allah in pursuit of more and more material. However on the other hand I’ve seen a few successful business people who did not give into the evil temptations and dedicate their profit to philanthropy and helping others in need. Another example is acquisition of religious knowledge too. Some people become arrogant, authoritative and oppressive just because they have more religious knowledge than the layman but others like Ghamidi Sahib further humble themselves and dedicate their lives on truly educating people and empathizing with people. In conclusion anything mubah or even sawab can lead one to evil hence the important thing is to just have mindfulness of Allah at all times to help yourself in avoiding this evil.