These sessions took place between May 6th 2023, to June 17th, 2023. In this short course, we explore the subject of singing, music and musical instruments in Islam. The lessons cover the history of how music as a discipline entered the Muslim world after the demise of the Prophet (p), and in particular focus on the discourse that occurred in the Abbasid era over singing and music as reflected in the Shi’i hadith tradition. A number of narrations condemning singing and music will be analyzed and opinions of Shi’i scholars as well as other contributors to the Islamic civilization will be summarized.
Testimonials
Alhamdulillah music session was informative and it must have clarified a lot of confusion generally people have in this regard
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These classes were amazing and the checklist on how to differentiate between haram and halal music made it so easy!
History of Singing and Music in Muslim Communities | Lesson 1 0:00 Intro to module 5:25 Rulings of Sayyid Sistani & Sayyid Khamenei 14:30 Music in pre-Islamic Arabia & after Islam 23:23 Analysis of Ibn Khaldun 35:08 Analysis of Jawad Ali in al-Mufassal fi Tarikh al-Arab Qabl al-Islam 40:30 Analysis of Shahid Mutahhari 44:50 Opinions of early Muslims 54:35 Opinions of early non-Shi’a jurists 1:04:20 Summary of first lesson Music & Singing in Light of the Intellect and Quran | Lesson 2 0:00 Intro 3:10 Music & singing in light of the intellect (‘aql) 21:42 Identifying problematic instances of lahw 33:25 Music & singing in light of the Qur’an 42:30 Conclusion on Qur’anic discussion on music & singing 51:00 Final points & discussion Music & Singing in Light of the Hadith | Lesson 3 0:00 Recap & Introduction 7:25 Music & singing in light of the narrations 43:25 Narrations that give more context 52:25 Summary of conclusion on music & singing 55:55 Red lines on music & singing 57:11 Remarks by Sayyid Khamenei on role of Muslims in the field of music 1:05:30 Discussion Views of Jurists & Case Studies | Lesson 4 0:00 Introduction 1:15 Revisiting the rulings of Sayyid Sistani & Sayyid Khamenei 23:37 Checklist criteria for determining impermissible music & singing 30:35 Case Study 1: Allah Made Everything 35:07 Case Study 2: Salam Farmandeh 44:10 Case Study 3: Lowkey – Heroes of Human History 48:15 Case Study 4: Club Music 54:12 Case Study 5: Atif Aslam – Tajdar e Haram | Coke Studio 57:23 Case Study 6: Julia Boutros – Ahibai 1:09:10 Case Study 7: Popular celebrity singers and Bollywood songs 1:15:20 Summary & Discussion
