The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Eleven: The Devifs Deception of the $Ufis
And Al-Sha'bi said: May the singer (mugham) be cursed and the
one being sung to (mughana).
(Umar Ibn (Abdu'l-(Aziz wrote a letter to the caretaker of his son:
Let the first thing that he (my son) learns from you is the etiquette
of disliking instruments of play (al-maldhz) . They begin with Satan,
and their ending is Allah's anger. I have been told by trustworthy
scholars that attending sessions of music (al-ma azilj and listening to
songs (al-dghdm) causes hypocrisy to grow in the hearts just as water
makes grapes grow. It is better for a person to avoid such sessions
than to gain this (hypocrisy) in his hearts.
Al-Fuqayl Ibn (Iyaq said: Singing (al-ghind) is the ladder leading to
fornication (al-zina).
And al-Dal:iJ:iak said: Singing is a ruiner (mufsida) of the hearts and
a bringer of Allah's wrath.
And al-Yazid Ibn al-Walid said: 0 children of Umayyah! Avoid
singing because it increases lusts (al-shahwa) and ruins good character.
It has the same effect as alcohol. At a minimum, keep it away
from women, for it incites to immorality
Many worshipers and ascetics went astray because of singing. I
have mentioned some examples in my book "Dhamm al-Hawd" (Condemning
Lusts).
As for proofs based on analysis:
We have already shown how singing destroys a man's balance, and
affects his reason; the explanation of this is that when a man experiences
emotion, he performs acts which in the sober state he disapproves
of in others, such as shaking the head, clapping the hands,
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