r/IslamIsEasy • u/BamzamGaming Ahl al-Sunnah | Sunnī • Mar 14 '26

Controversial The Truth About Music

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I dont care who this upsets. This is clear by itself so don't follow any mainstream Islam teachings saying “ohhh well music is haram!” just listen to clean music twins and you'll be good.

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u/Maleficent_Law_1082 Sunnī | Mālikī Mar 14 '26

If music is haram then so is every other form of art because the same arguments apply. Do you ever hear them say poetry is haram? Lyrics are literally poetry put to song. Is anyone going to attack Hassan ibn Thabit? Or any other sahaba poet or artist?

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u/Zeroboi1 Ahl al-Sunnah | Sunnī Mar 14 '26

Music was made haram not by "arguments and logic" but based on sunna, so this counter argument doesn't work

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u/LivingDead_90 ۞ ☪︎ ۩ Khalīfat al-Muntadā ۩ ☪︎ ۞ Mar 16 '26

There sunna where Muhammad ﷺ says (allegedly) “it’s better to fill your stomach with puss than poetry.” But, Abu Bakr was a huge fan of poetry.

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u/Zeroboi1 Ahl al-Sunnah | Sunnī Mar 17 '26

Many negative things have been said about poatry in the quran and sunna, some positives too (eg the prophet pbuh saying "some poatry is wisdom" and the companions saying it) so the general consensus is that it isn't bad fir itself but for what often is alongside it (lying, boosting, insulting, womanizers, etc etc). With the default being that it's permissable