The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Eleven: The Devil's Deception ef the $iifts
regarded listening to singing as sinful
Similar, he said, was the doctrine of the other jurists of Kufah,
Ibrahim, al-Sha'bI, I:Iammad, Sufyan al-ThawrI and others. There
being no difference between them on the subject.
He also said that there was no reported disagreement among the
scholars of Barah in disliking singing, and forbidding from it, except
for 'Ubaydullah Ibn al-l:Iasan al-'Anbari, who believed it was
permissible.
iv. Madhhab of al-Shafi'I
As for Al-Shafi'I's school of thought:
Al-I:Iasan Ibn 'Abdu'l-'Aziz al-JarawI said: I heard Al-Shafi'! saying:
I witnessed in Iraq something called a/-taghbir. Hypocrates invented
it in order to occupy people from reciting the Qur'an.
Abu Manii.r al-AzharI said:Al-Mughabbirah (the dust makers) were
people who used to dance to songs about Allah (raising dust everywhere).
Al-Zajjaj said: they were called mughabirin because they used to
sing about not giving attention to this world and to have hope in the
Hereafter.
Al-Shafi'! also said: Singing (al-ghinri) is a forbidden form of leisure.
It resembles falsehood, and whoever does too much of it is a
fool whose testimony must be rejected.
Al-Tabarl said: Scholars from everywhere disliked singing (al-ghinri)
and forbade it. Ibrahim Ibn Sa'd and 'Ubaydullah Ibn al-l:Iasan al-
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