Music and Singing
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9789675062230
Description: Are music and singing allowed in Islam? If the answer is a definite yes or no, then why has the question of its lawfulness become the subject of debate among Muslim scholars for centuries? In this treatise translated from the eighteenth book of Imam Ghazali's Ihya Ulum al-Din, readers get an insight into the pros and cons of the controversy and be guided by the greatest authority of traditional Islam none other than Imam al-Ghazali. For al-Ghazali, it is important to have true knowledge to reap the benefit of music. Those who have no sufficient knowledge of God and His attributes, he writes, are liable to apply what they hear both to what is allowable and what is not allowable.
Table of contents: title: Publisher’s Note; title: Translator’s Note; title: Introduction; title: 1. The Disagreement of the Learned on Listening to Music and Singing; title: 2. The Effects of Music and Singing, and the Laws of Polite Conduct Connected Therewith; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index