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the 'ontology of religion': preconceptions of what religion must be shape how Islam is read

Cited in 4 segments across 1 recording · 2019 · principle/principle:ontology-of-religion

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18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Is listening to music haram? In Mufti Abu Layth's understanding music is not forbidden, because no text is at once conclusive, sahih and explicit: the Bukhari hadith speaks of entertainment, not music, and the texts naming music are not authentic. People find this hard to accept because they come to religion expecting it to oppose entertainment and desire. Question from the audienceposition checkedharamSahih al-Bukharireport: at the end of time people will consider maazif permissible (Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated)ma'azif (musical instruments; read as 'entertainment') machine5 min 16 s10:31on YouTube
18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Who has the authority to declare music haram if God has not? God has not made music haram and neither Mufti Abu Layth nor the scholars have the authority to do so: the authentic hadith speak of entertainment, which could mean many things, and the scholars' prohibition is their own interpretation. Those who dislike music need not listen to it, but it is allowed. Question from the audienceposition checkedQuran 16:116 (do not say this is halal and this is haram, attributing falsehood to Allah)haramhalalma'azif (musical instruments; read as 'entertainment') machine3 min 48 s22:21on YouTube
18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Why do people assume music must be haram before looking at any evidence? People come to Islam with a prior picture of what religion must be, which includes sacrifice, suffering and asceticism and excludes entertainment, and this backdrop rather than the texts drives their judgement that music is haram. Even with no hadith against it, music would be forbidden on that basis. Lessonposition checkedthe 'ontology of religion': preconceptions of what religion must be shape how Islam is readusul al-fiqhzuhd (asceticism) machine7 min 54 s52:08on YouTube
18 Sep 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Why is celibacy praised despite a hadith against it while music is condemned without one? A sahih hadith condemns the vow never to marry, yet unmarried scholars are praised in books like Abu Ghudda's, because celibacy fits the picture of religion as self-denial; music, which fits the opposite picture, is condemned although no clear sahih hadith names it. The default law remains that everything is permissible unless proven otherwise. Lessonposition checkedreport: three men vowed to pray all night fast every day and never marry and the prophet condemned themAbd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddaal-Ulama al-Uzzab alladhina atharu al-ilm ala al-zawaj (the unmarried scholars) [?]al-Nawawi machine6 min 30 s1:00:02on YouTube