"(1) “Allah Mighty and Majestic sent me as a guidance and mercy to believers and commanded me to do away with musical instruments, flutes, strings, crucifixes, and the affair of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance.” (2) “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will pour molten lead into the ears of whoever sits listening to a songstress.” (3) “Song makes hypocrisy grow in the heart as water does herbage.” (4) “This community will experience the swallowing up of some people by the earth, metamorphosis of some into animals, and being rained upon with stones.” Someone asked, “When will this be, O Messenger of Allah?” and he said, “When songstresses and musical instruments appear and wine is held to be lawful.” (5) “There will be peoples of my Community who will hold fornication, silk, wine, and musical instruments to be lawful ….”"
Islamic music

January 1, 1970

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— Reliance of the Traveller r40.0

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