The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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one hundred lines of poetry he was saying: "h!Ja, h!Ja."2w
Look at how strange Ibn Tahir's reasoning is. How could he use
asking for reciting a poem as proof for singing? It is like saying that
since it is lawful to strike the back of the lute with the hand it is
lawful to strike the strings, or that since it is lawful to squeeze grapes;
therefore, it is permissible to drink the same juice days later (after
fermentation). He forgets that the recitation of poetry does not produce
the excitement produced by singing.
I only mention this to show the amount of this person's knowledge
and power of deduction; time is really too precious to be wasted
on such absurdities.
Abii'l-Tayyib al-TabarI said: With regard to listening to singing of
a woman with whom marriage is lawful, the followers of Shafi'Is
said that listening to songs by a woman who is not Mahram is not
permissble, whether the woman be free or a slave.
And al-Shafi'I said: "Whoever gathers people to listen to his slave
girl singing is foolish, and ills testimony is to be rejected." Al-Shafi'f
said this because he invites people to do evil; and one who does so is
a fool and a sinner
Then al-Shafi'I condemned such a person more harshly. He said
that such behaviour would be an act of d!Jdthah Oack of protective
jealousy toward female relatives).
Abu 'Abdu'l-RaQ.man al-SulamI said: Sa'd Ibn 'Abdullah al­
DimashqI bought a slave girl who used to sing to the poor ($i!Jis), to
whom he used to chant poems.
209 Muslim #2255.
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