Does this mean music is halaal on Eid day?
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Sahih al-Bukhari:
Volume 2, Book 15, Number 72:
Narrated
Aisha:
Abu
Bakr came to my house while two small Ansari girls were singing beside me the
stories of the Ansar concerning the Day of Buath. And they were not singers.
Abu Bakr said protestingly, "Musical instruments of Satan in the house of
Allah`s Apostle !" It happened on the `Id day and Allah`s Apostle said,
"O Abu Bakr! There is an `Id for every nation and this is our `Id
Does this mean music is halaal on Eid day?
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Music on Eid
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your
Question: Does this mean music is halaal on Eid day?
The Prophet (saws) said, "The
distinction between what is lawful and what is unlawful is the song and the
(music of the) tambourine at a wedding."
The music which is halaal on Eid days, is the same lawful
music which is also halaal on other days of joy and celebrations like marriage,
etc.
There is enough room for lawful and legal forms of
entertainment and amusement in the deen of Islam, provided the clearly defined
boundaries of Allah Subhanah are not violated.
If one wills to play or listen to lawful and pure music on days or
occasions of joy and celebration like Eid, marriage, etc., there is absolutely
no harm.
The Prophet (saws) said, "Allah has sent
me as a Mercy to the universe and as a guidance to the universe, and my Lord,
Who is Great and Glorious, has commanded me to annihilate stringed
instruments, wind instruments, idols, crosses and pre-Islamic customs.
My Lord, Who is Great and Glorious has sworn, 'By My might, none of My servants
will drink a mouthful of wine without My giving him a similar amount of pus to
drink, but he will not abandon it through fear of Me without My giving him
drink from the holy tanks.'"
What Islam absolutely prohibits and discourages is the
playing or listening of unlawful string or wind instruments of music, or music
which accentuates the free-mixing of sexes, or encourages ‘fahesha’ or
indecency, etc.
The two small ansari girls were singing lawfully worded
songs of the stories of the Day of Buath and playing the ‘daff’ or tambourine
like musical instrument on the Day of Eid in the Presence of Allah’s Messenger,
and the Prophet of Allah (saws) allowed such and other forms of lawful
entertainment like (lawful) folk dancing or sport or on days of joyous
occasions.
Allah's Messenger (saws) came to my house
while two small girls were singing beside me the songs of Buath (a story about
the war between the two tribes of the Ansar, the Khazraj and the Aus, before
Islam). The Prophet (saws) lay down and turned his face to the other side. Then
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan