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Playing or listening or maybe watching to any kind of Music

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Is listening to music halal?

As a Muslim person since birth, I have always heard that music is prohibited (Haram) by all scholars in TV, radio, books and recently on the internet until I have heard a session with Sheikh Adel ...
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Are Video Games halal or haram?

After exploring the internet, I just got more confused with these questions.... What kind of video games, science fictions, nobles, stories and music are halal in Islam?
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What is the Islamic definition of music?

Based on answers from questions like (Music in Islam?), it seems that music is haraam. My question is, has Islamdefined for muslims what music is? For example, is music: singing without musical ...
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Is singing permissible in Islam?

Is singing allowed in islam? Is there any difference if the singer is a man or a woman? What about if there is no music in the song?
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Is music allowed if it helps you think of God? (Sunni View)

Based on an answer in another question, it seems that based on the Shia view, music is generally haraam, unless it helps you think of God? Does the Sunni view have a similar scenario, or is music ...
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If someone is not distracted from Islam by music, is it still haram? [duplicate]

Music is considered haram because it is believed that it is a distraction from your creator, it diverts your attention from Islam and it could brain wash you. But what if someone isn't influenced by ...
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Are sounds that don't really imitate musical instruments haram?

Is it permissible to make sounds that imitate not the musical instruments but other sounds? like gun sound, horse gallop sound, explosion sound, stepping sound, particles dropping sound, opening a ...
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Is Auto-tunes Haram?

I searched the web for this question. I found some scholars answering that it depends on how Auto-tunes is used: if you are completely changing the voice to sound like music, it's haram, but if it's ...
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Is there a hadith "Allah ... commanded me to do away with musical instruments, flutes, strings, crucifixes ..." and is it reliable?

The Reliance of the Traveller, by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri (translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller) in Section r40.1 quotes a fatwa (كفُّ الرَّعَاع عن محرَّمات اللهو والسَّمَاع Kaff al-ra'a' 'an muharramat ...
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Aren't nasheeds a serious waste of time?

In fact, I think that it has become an "art form," a way to spend (waste?) time listening to "halaal" music. I have even seen nasheed singers sing nasheeds in a rock concert-like atmosphere, with ...
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Learn a music instrument

Being a Muslim is it correct to learn guitar. As I've always been attracted towards it but i dnt want to do anything which makes Allah angry. So is it correct???? But there is a saying that our ...
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Which prominent Sunni scholars say music is not haram?

In a comment to If someone is not distracted from Islam by music, is it still haram?, we have: Music isn't haram par se based on the opinion of prominent scholars of the 4 madhabs and other modern ...
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Is it ok to work for spotify Islamically?

I would like to know if it is okay to work for spotify as iOS application developer. Be it an app which involves music directly or indirectly. Thanks in advance.
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