Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Islam and music" in English language version.
Besides celebrating the past tradition of slave girls who were bought and sold on the basis of the beauty of their voices and the depth of their song repertoire, the song also brings to the fore contentious issues concerning the permissibility of music in Muslim society. Since the birth of Islam, many have considered music to be an unacceptable distraction from a proper religious life: music, they declare, is haram (unlawful, impermissible). Others, however, have celebrated music's ability to foster aesthetic pleasure, communal celebration, and even, if properly employed, a means of achieving union with the Almighty here and now, the latter a belief of Sufi mystics. In Ghanni li shwayya, music is unabashedly celebrated, lauded for its ability to affect nature, cure illness, soothe the heart, and bring girls to dance.
The attitude toward music [in the Muslim world] has always been ambivalent, as expressed in a series of contradictory feelings and concepts: predilection and mistrust; divine-devilish; exalting-disruptive; admissible-prohibited' (Shiloah nd). Views about the admissibility of music, or the art of sound, in the Muslim world, range from complete negation to complete acceptance, even of dance and other bodily expressions.
The consideration of religious singing and instrumental music in the context of Islam is fraught with complexity and ambiguity (Neubauer & Doubleday 2001/12, 599)
Much has been written about the permissibility of music in Islamic contexts, particularly among scholars of Arab music, for whom the topic seems to be re- quired (see, for example, al-Faruqi 1985, 1986; Nasr 2000; Nelson 1985; Racy 1984; Rasmussen 2008; Frishkopf 1999; Sawa 1985, 1989; Farmer 1985; Otterbeck n.d.; and Danielson and Fisher 2002). The eminent musicologist Amnon Shiloah describes the "interminable" debate regarding the permissibility of music as already apparent during the first centuries of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula: "In all the major centers of Islam extending from India, Indonesia and Central Asia to Africa, legalists, theologians, spiritual leaders, urban custodians of morality, the literati and leaders of mystic confraternities, all took part in this debate which elicited views that vary from complete negation to full admittance of all musical forms and means including the controversial dance. Between the two extremes, one can find all possible nuances."(Shiloah 1997, 144)
In sum, the attitude toward music has always been ambivalent, as expressed in a series of contradictory feelings and concepts: predilection and mistrust; divine-devilish; exalting-disruptive; admissible-prohibited.
Raza (1991, p60) wrote 'the community misinterprets Islam according to their needs, and there are many passages in the hadith which descry music. Those often quoted include : ' Singing sprouts hypocrisy in the heart as rain sprouts plants' (al Baihaqi, in Lambat, 1998); 'Musical instruments are amongst the most powerful means by which the devil seduces human beings' (Farmer, 1973, p. 24-5). Probably the most important is a hadith narrated by al - Bukhari in which the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) is reported as saying that at some future time there will be people from my umma (the Muslim community) who will seek to make lawful fornication, the wearing of silk by men, wine drinking and the use of musical instruments.
Ghazzaly also clarified the essential premise of New Islamist thinking that saw the arts as one among many powerful instruments given to Man by God... Ghazzaly rejected the idea put forward by the amirs that singing is haram, and in particular he objected strongly to the further notion advanced by many Islamists, both conservative and extremist, that a woman's voice is haram and should not be heard. On the other hand, Ghazzaly also refused to countenance the secularists' view that all lyrics set to music were appropriate for an Islamic society...
An early statement of the contrary view, that music is permitted, is found in Mufaddal ibn Salama fi. later third/ninth century)
Music is one example: while permitted by wasațis, it is strongly prohibited by salafīs, who draw from lbn Taymiyya's depiction of it as strengthening satanic states. Salafīs hold that decisions that legitimize music deviate from the ways of the salaf, and those who promote them have no knowledge of Islam." The prohibition on music is strict... There are no exceptions...
Besides celebrating the past tradition of slave girls who were bought and sold on the basis of the beauty of their voices and the depth of their song repertoire, the song also brings to the fore contentious issues concerning the permissibility of music in Muslim society. Since the birth of Islam, many have considered music to be an unacceptable distraction from a proper religious life: music, they declare, is haram (unlawful, impermissible). Others, however, have celebrated music's ability to foster aesthetic pleasure, communal celebration, and even, if properly employed, a means of achieving union with the Almighty here and now, the latter a belief of Sufi mystics. In Ghanni li shwayya, music is unabashedly celebrated, lauded for its ability to affect nature, cure illness, soothe the heart, and bring girls to dance.
The consideration of religious singing and instrumental music in the context of Islam is fraught with complexity and ambiguity (Neubauer & Doubleday 2001/12, 599)
{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)Since the birth of Islam the permissibility of music and singing has been debated. Not only the lawfulness of the performer but also of the audience was discussed. Advocates and opponents alike traced the legitimacy of their position back to the Quran and the hadiths, the sayings of the Prophet. As in present day Egypt, these debates on the lawfulness of music did not prevent the art from flourishing in palaces and private homes (Sawa 1989; Stigelbauer 1975).
Since the birth of Islam the permissibility of music and singing has been debated. Not only the lawfulness of the performer but also of the audience was discussed. Advocates and opponents alike traced the legitimacy of their position back to the Quran and the hadiths, the sayings of the Prophet. As in present day Egypt, these debates on the lawfulness of music did not prevent the art from flourishing in palaces and private homes (Sawa 1989; Stigelbauer 1975).