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الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب الأقوالBook of Sayings
بَابُ الْغِنَاءِ وَاللَّهْوِChapter: Singing and Amusement
Hadith 786
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: ﴿وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ﴾ [لقمان: 6]، قَالَ: الْغِنَاءُ وَأَشْبَاهُهُ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that while explaining the blessed verse «وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ» [لقمان: 6], he said: This refers to singing, music, and similar things.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
By "idle talk" (lahw al-hadith) is meant everything—whether a thing or speech—that causes a person to become heedless of Allah, the Exalted. In the present age, what could be greater than singing, music, films, and dramas in making a person heedless of the remembrance of Allah? For this reason, the leader of the commentators, Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma), interpreted this as referring to singing. Ibn Mas'ud (radi Allahu anhu), Mujahid, Hasan al-Basri, and most other commentators have also understood this to mean singing. And the understanding of the Companions and the Followers (Tabi'un) is far superior to that of the modernists who follow in the footsteps of the disbelievers.
By "idle talk" (lahw al-hadith) is meant everything—whether a thing or speech—that causes a person to become heedless of Allah, the Exalted. In the present age, what could be greater than singing, music, films, and dramas in making a person heedless of the remembrance of Allah? For this reason, the leader of the commentators, Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma), interpreted this as referring to singing. Ibn Mas'ud (radi Allahu anhu), Mujahid, Hasan al-Basri, and most other commentators have also understood this to mean singing. And the understanding of the Companions and the Followers (Tabi'un) is far superior to that of the modernists who follow in the footsteps of the disbelievers.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 786
