Working in music dance academy.
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As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
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Dear
Burhan,
Asalamo
alaikom wa rahmatullah.
Live
long Burhan Brother that you are doing such a noble deed.
I am a
muslim and expatriate here in UAE. Now I am working in a music Institute and a
dance academy. I am working as an accountant. My question is that if my
earnings (salary ) is Halal or Haram. Reply me as soon as possible can I resume
my duty or I suppose to quit the job. Tell me in the light of Isamic teaching
i.e. in the light of Quraan and sunna.
Jaza
ka Allah khair.
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Answer:
Working in music
dance academy
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 7.494B Narrated by Abu Amir
that he heard the Prophet (saws) saying,
"From among my followers there will be some people who will consider
illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic
drinks and the use of musical instruments, as lawful.”
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3153 Narrated by Muhammad ibn Hatib al-Jumahi
The Prophet (saws) said, "The
distinction between what is lawful and what is unlawful is the song and the
tambourine at a wedding."
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 4909 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
I heard the Messenger of Allah (saws) say:
‘Singing (of unlawful songs) produces hypocrisy in the hearts.’
Beloved brother in Islam, if one takes ‘music’ to mean the
melodious sound of the Muaddin while calling to prayer, or the beautiful sound of the ‘Qari’ when he
recites the Holy Quran, or the musical
sound of the ‘daff’ (tambourine) that is played to celebrate one’s wedding or
on the Day of Eid, or the tunes of chorus sung by the mujahideen, etc.; these are not only permitted, these types of music are absolutely
encouraged in Islam.
Thus, ‘music’ per say is not forbidden in Islam; what is
indeed forbidden in Islam is the illegal string music which is so rampant in
contemporary movies, television, radios, etc. which encourage ‘fahisha’ and
indecency.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah
Aaraaf verse 33:
33 Say: ‘The
things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: ‘faahisha’ (shameful deeds)
whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason;
assigning of partners to Allah for which He hath given no authority; and saying
things about Allah of which ye have no knowledge.’
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verse 151:
151 Say: "Come I
will rehearse what Allah hath (really) prohibited you from: join not anything
as equal with Him; be good to your parents: kill not your children on a plea of
want; We provide sustenance for you and
for them; come not even near
‘faahisha’ (shameful deeds) whether open or secret; take not life which
Allah hath made sacred except by way of justice and law”: thus doth He command
you that ye may learn wisdom.
If one looks around the society we live in today, one
would notice that conventional ‘music’ is related to almost every place that
encourages ‘fahisha’ or indecency; and it is this concept of ‘fahisha’ and
indecency that Allah has strictly declared haraam for the believers. The principle in Islam is that every road
that leads to the forbidden is also forbidden; and as illegal conventional
‘music’ is an accomplice to and leads or encourages ‘fahisha’ and indecency, it
too would be considered forbidden.
Your
Question: ….Now I am working in a music Institute and a dance academy.
I am
working as an accountant.
My
question is that if my earnings (salary ) is Halal or Haram.
Respected brother in Islam, because you are employed as an
accountant in the academy, one cannot say with absolute conviction that all
your earnings are unlawful….but without an iota of a doubt, if the work that
you do facilitates or aids or assists in the continuation of what is clearly
described as unlawful in Islam, you would bear an appropriate portion of its
sin. And Allah Alone Knows Best.
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