Why All Music With Halal Lyrics Allowed?
Here is one of numerous studies on Music. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00048/full
I understand most of the Ghamidi Sahib’s arguments, but I still want to explore. Let me give you an example.. What if I consume alcohol through an injection. Drugs are taken by injection. Drugs are inhaled too. So these items do not fall under foods. So per Ghamidi Sahib’s argument cant be Haram. If you say these are still haram because they become source of immorality or behavioral issues. The hard music is equal to consumption of drugs by ears and skin. The point is that it encourages immorality, reduces control and modifies behavior. Isn’t that sufficient to call it prohibitted?
Thanks Nadeem Sahib 😊. 2 aspects I want to highlight according to my opinion. 1st aspect is related to consumable things that are emotional triggers (Khamar) vs experience related emotional triggers. The thing with khamar is that you are consuming matter which goes inside your body and performs bio-chemical reactions which also triggers different harmones responsible for different emotions which you actually have no control over. These biochemical reactions from these substances 100% of the time have long term or acute harmful effects to the body. For example let’s take something light like weed (THC) while it gives stress relief/happy mood for a moment, you will experience bad side too like sudden withdrawal and long term anxiety depression and other mental health problems with prolonged use. Art forms like music, poetry, cinematography scientifically speaking also trigger harmones in ones body which in turn trigger emotions which is what art is meant to do in the first place. Difference between the 2 is that in consumables it’s the harmful bio-chemical reactions doing all the work and unnaturally triggering harmones due to which you literally speaking loose control over your own body and making you feel a specific emotion whether you like it or not. In the case of art forms it does release different harmones but you don’t loose control over your body. For eg you see a sad movie scene you will feel sad but you are still self aware and can choose to turn it off and forget about it easily. But if you are drugged with something to react with your body and it forcefully releases sad hormones you actually don’t have any control. 2nd aspect is related to subjective experiences of different individuals. Some people find night time terrifying others find it the most beautiful time of the day. Some people live to eat chocolate others can’t stand even looking at it. Same can be said about music. Personally I find hip-hop/rap beats (without vocal just pure music) to trigger negative emotions in myself and hence I avoid listening to it but then the same rap/hip-hop beats are like “rooh ki ghizah” to a good friend of mine and fills him up with positive vibes and energy. It should be left upto discretion of the individual to decide which art form leads him to righteousness and which leads him to evil.