Music (4):

Q1: All types of music are Haram?

A: It is unlawful to listen to amusemental music in a way that is based on relish and rapture.

Q2: Is allowed to manifacture, sell, buy or use musical instruments that sometimes can be used in gatherings of corruption and sometimes are not used in such meetings?

A: If the percentage of the permissible usage of such instrument is considerable, then it is allowed to buy, sell and manufacture them.

Q3: Is it allowed to listen to music that sometimes can be used in gatherings of corruption and sometimes are not used in such meetings?
Is it allowed to listen to songs that sometimes can be used in gatherings of corruption and sometimes are not used in such meetings?

A: Listening for sake of relish is prohibited.

Q4: I thought that war and revolutionary songs were not suitable for gatherings of corruption. However recently I saw in TV some man and women dancing togheter with this type of music, altough the lyrics were Islamic.
Is listening war and revolutionary songs, that can be used both in good and bad gatherings, allowed in Islam?

A: If such music was to arouse rapture then it is prohibited to listen to, otherwise it is allowed.

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