‘Music is a charm of adultery AND Music engenders hypocrisy

Sep 26, '12 10:47 AM for everyone

1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, sent me as a mercy to the worlds, and in order to eradicate string instruments, the flute and others pre-Islamic pagan practices.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 250, no. 2] – The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Two sounds are cursed in this world as well as in the Hereafter: the sound of the flute played [in celebration] for a bounty, and the twang [of string instruments played] during a calamity.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 40661] – Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Singing (or music) is one of the things that Allah, Mighty and Exalted, has threatened to requite with the Fire, and this is the purport of Allah’s verse: “Among the people is he who buys diversionary words that he may lead [people] astray from Allah’s way without any knowledge, and he takes it in derision.”[ Qur’an 31:6]  The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Music is a charm of adultery.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 247, no. 26]  The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Three things harden the heart: listening to diversionary words (lahw), seeking [game] to hunt, and frequenting the sultan.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 252, no. 6]  Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Music engenders hypocrisy.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 241, no. 7]