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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الشهادات
Book of Testimonies
باب: : الرجل يغني فيتخذ الغناء صناعة يؤتى عليه، ويأتي له، ويكون منسوبا إليه، مشهورا به معروفا، أو المرأة
Chapter: A man who sings and makes singing a profession, people come to him for it and he goes to them for it, and he is known and famous for it, or a woman who does so
Bayhaqi 21003 — A man who sings and makes singing a profession, people
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: لَا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ مِنَ اللهْوِ الْمَكْرُوهِ الَّذِي يُشْبِهُ الْبَاطِلَ، فَإِنَّ مَنْ صَنَعَ هَذَا كَانَ مَنْسُوبًا إِلَى السَّفَهِ وَسَقَاطَةِ الْمُرُوءَةِ، وَمَنْ رَضِيَ هَذَا لِنَفْسِهِ كَانَ مُسْتَخِفًّا، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُحَرَّمًا بَيِّنَ التَّحْرِيمِ..
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The testimony of neither of them is admissible, and that is because it is part of the disliked idle amusement (lahw) that resembles falsehood; for whoever does this is regarded as foolish and lacking in decency (muru'ah), and whoever accepts this for himself holds (his honour) lightly, even if it is not clearly forbidden."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا بَكَّارُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ الْقَاضِي، ثنا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْقَاضِي، ثنا حُمَيْدٌ الْخَرَّاطُ، عَنْ عَمَّارٍ الدُّهْنِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الصَّهْبَاءِ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ: {وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللهِ} [لقمان: ٦] قَالَ: " هُوَ وَاللهِ الْغِنَاءُ ".
Abu al-Sahba' narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "And among the people is he who buys idle talk to lead (people) astray from the path of Allah" [Surah Luqman: 6], that he said: By Allah, what is meant by it is singing.
