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IMPORTANCE HADITH KNOWLEDGE ISSUING FATWA AND SHARIAH OPINION Knowledge of hadith and its understanding are crucial for anyone issuing legal rulings. This applies both to those in official capacities, like a mufti, and to fiqh scholars providing personal opinions when consulted. The past mujtahid scholars all placed great emphasis on this second source in Islam. Without clarity regarding the sciences of hadith and its disciplines, the fatwas and legal opinions given can easily go astray. We have worked diligently to translate and provide brief explanations for over 6,000 hadiths from the book "Mishkat al-Masabih" as a starting point to provide convenience to students and scholars in referring to hadith. Visit www.masabih.org. Just look at the words of the past scholars regarding the importance of hadith: قال الإمام أبو حنيفة رضي الله عنه: (لم تزل الناس في صلاح ما دام فيهم من يطلب الحديث، فإذا طلبوا العلم بلا حديث فسدوا) Meaning: Imam Abu Hanifa rh said: "Peop

Haram is an Arabic word which means “Forbidden”. Haram is the things which are prohibited in the Quran and the Sunnah, MUSIC is one of them. PROHIBITION OF MUSIC IN QURAN AND HADITH Proofs from Quran: 1) Allah Ta’ala mentions: “There are some who purchase futile discourse to deviate from Allah’s path without knowledge and they mock it [the path of Allah, Islam]. There shall be a humiliating punishment for these people”(Surah Luqman, verse: 6) Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud,, Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas, Jabir ‘Ikrimah, Sa’id ibn Jubayr,(may Allah be pleased with them) Mujahid, Makhul and Hasan Al Basri (rahimahumullah) were all of the view that ‘futile discourse’ refers to music/ musical instruments. ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (radiyallahu ‘anhu) took an oath that this verse is referring to music. [Refer: Tafsir Ibn Abi Hatim, Tafsirul Baghawi -Ma’alimut Tanzil- and Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Surah Luqman, Verse: 6. Also see Al Adabul Mufrad of Imam Bukhari, Hadith: 1265 and As Sunanul Kubra of Imam Bayhaq