Adding music to a presentation
Q: I am a student and need to present about a topic that later on contains information about old music and a piece of it for people to listen.. Is it permissible to present it or am I going to be sinful?
Music, Nasheeds and Nazams
The sin of listening to music and the evil consequences
Q: Is there any hadith in which Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said that if a person dies while listening music then don't go to his or her funeral?
Also send me the authentic hadith reference if it exists.
Listening to English Islamic nasheeds
Q:
1. Are English Islamic nasheeds permissible?
2. If there are no musical instruments used but rather the "mouth" is used to imitate the musical instruments. Is this permissible?
Informing a person that one used to listen to music with that it is haraam
Q: I used to hear a song which had shirk and sing it publically. Now I repented but I have a doubt that when I sang it publically, whether the person beside me heard it and started singing it or maybe he didn't do it. I dont know if he did or did not, will it be shirk?
Listening to and singing songs without music
Q: Can I listen to songs without music and can I sing songs without music?
Listening to Iranian songs
Q: I would like to know if listening to Iranian songs like Ya Mahdi and salaam farmonde are allowed in shariah?
Are bells musical instruments of Shaitaan?
Q: I was in the UK and a church bell rang for a while as I stood there.
- I am not sure if the church bell is music or not. Should I have plugged my ears?
- Is it true that our Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) mentioned bells are Satanic?
- If so, what is the shar’ie ruling for using bells?
Listening to vocal only nazams that has a musical tune
Q: Is it permissible to listen to:
1. A song sung by a kafir which has no evil connotations and there is no music at all.
2. A nazam or naat that has no music but tune and rythm is taken from a musical song.
3. The non musical version of a nazam or naat i.e. the vocals only.
Ringtones with a musical tune
Q: Certain phones have ringtones which have a tune.
1. Is this considered as music and hence haram? Some are a basic tune e.g. the Nokia tune, the Samsung whistle tune.
2. If the phone is very basic and does not have any other options for ringtone apart from the musical tone, what should one do?
Removing music from a song and listening to it
Q: Is it permissible to take out the musical instruments from a song then listen to it?