Sadiq
03-08-2004, 03:02 PM
An Event
It is a famous event that once an Indian Musician went on the Hajj Pilgrimage. After performing the pilgrimage, while he was going to Madina Munawwarah, he had to pass the nights at the various night stops. When this musician stopped at a place to pass the night, by chance an Arab musician also came there. He was a Bedoiun and an untrained musician.
When the Indian musician listened to Bedouin performance he said: Now I understand why the Holy Prophet (saws) declared singing and musical performance to be unlawful, because he listened only to the hopeless performance of the Bedouins. If he had listened to my performance he would not have declared music unlawful.
The intention in relating this event is to point out that now-a-days mis-directed and wrong thinking are being dubbed as Ijtihad. This is an example of using personal desires within the domain of the Shari’ah.
[Discourses on Islamic Way of Life (Vol: 1) Page: 48] [Check my blog for updates, i am going through the whole set, and as i read on, i will post excerpts, that may be useful]
It is a famous event that once an Indian Musician went on the Hajj Pilgrimage. After performing the pilgrimage, while he was going to Madina Munawwarah, he had to pass the nights at the various night stops. When this musician stopped at a place to pass the night, by chance an Arab musician also came there. He was a Bedoiun and an untrained musician.
When the Indian musician listened to Bedouin performance he said: Now I understand why the Holy Prophet (saws) declared singing and musical performance to be unlawful, because he listened only to the hopeless performance of the Bedouins. If he had listened to my performance he would not have declared music unlawful.
The intention in relating this event is to point out that now-a-days mis-directed and wrong thinking are being dubbed as Ijtihad. This is an example of using personal desires within the domain of the Shari’ah.
[Discourses on Islamic Way of Life (Vol: 1) Page: 48] [Check my blog for updates, i am going through the whole set, and as i read on, i will post excerpts, that may be useful]