Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ The hearing that singing leaves ]
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Absolute hearing cannot be left out, and what the great ones leave behind is the restricted and familiar listening, which is singing. Our master Abu Al-Saud Ibn Al-Shibli Al-Baghdadi was asked, “What do you say about listening?” He said, “It is forbidden for the beginner, and the one who finishes does not need it.” So he was asked, “For whom?” He said, “For people with average hearts, and a woman came to the Messenger of God.” God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and she said, “O Messenger of God, I vowed to play the tambourine before you.” So he said to her, “If I vowed, otherwise, then it is not.” And if it is permissible, then keeping away from it according to the elders is better. Abu Yazid al-Bistami disliked it and did not speak of it, and it was said to Ibn Jurayj about it, so he said, “I wish I could get rid of it head-on.” Neither on me nor for me
