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What is the Shia Islamic view on music? What separates poetry, noha’s and latmiyya’s from the category of haram music?

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    In Surah Al Luqman, verse no. 9

    Among the people is he who buys diversionary talk that he may lead [people] astray from Allah’s way without any knowledge, and he takes it in derision. For such there is a humiliating punishment.

    Now Using verse 90 from Surah Al Maidah we’ll understand the meaning of this term “diversionary talks”.

    O you who have faith! Indeed wine, gambling, idols, and the divining arrows are abominations of Satan’s doing, so avoid them, so that you may be felicitous.

    Concluding from this verses it gets clear that anything which is involved in gathering of sinners is harmful for us and is completely prohibited in islam, like gambling, adultery, abusing, backbiting, drinking, etc. now one of the major thing which is involved in this sinner’s gathering is music & dancing and this is the reason why the “diversionary talk” term in surah luqman is interpreted as music, so by this our mujtahideen concludes that any music that is involved in sinner’s gathering is haram and prohibited! Now further about Instrumental Music, we clearly have hadiths from ahlebayt(a) that strictly prohibits the use of instruments and instrumental music except if it’s used for praise of allah, his rasool and his progeny that too within a limit! And there is no room for doubt that rest all instrumental music are haram too, the music we have today i.e music for studying, meditating, sleeping and etc. these are are gateway to those music which are involved in gathering of sinners which is why one should avoid these, Coming to our manqabat, nohas and latmiyyas in all of this niche the use of instrumental music is limited as mentioned earlier i.e if you are enjoying, moving your body in a rhythmic manner and vibing on that musical notes of a particular latmiyyah or manqabat then you should definitely avoid listening to it cause there is an extensive use of instrumental music in it! Also if any latmiyyah or manqabat or noha mimics the effects or the way of music which is used in gathering of sinners should be avoided too a prime example of it is slowed reverbed nohas and latmiyyas. Many great scholars like Mohammad Reza Golpaygani, Luftollah Safi Golpaygani, Mohammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi prohibits the use of intruments and instrumental music irrespective of its purpose! In conclusion based on the level of piety of an individual one avoids even listening to manqabats and latmiyyas (even if there is limited use instrumental music in it) and are more focused in listening or reciting ziyarats, duas and quran.

  2. Music is haram but some jurists say that a certain type of music which develops feelings or movement in the body is haram i am sharing ahdees against music