The story of a Rock Star

[shapur]

This is the story of a Rock Star . The man who had name, fame, fans and money and was the leading rock star in Bangladesh.
Then man who then responded to the Guidance and left it all for the love of Allah.
The man who found the sweetness of Allah's pleasure a far greater reward than the allurement and dazzle of this material world.
This is the story of Maher Khan.
A very inspiring story indeed.
http://youtu.be/ftD8X1mHPYI

[Humsafar]

Music can also be the path to the divine. But then, to each his own.

[shapur]

Humsafarji wrote :-
Music can also be the path to the divine

Sir, can you also please quote the Sura and the Ayat number ???
Or at least the Hadith book and the Hadith number ?????
Or at least the passage number of Nahjul balagha ???
Or maybe if you are quoting from some of the maula's bayaans, which one, when and where ???
Its from none of this ????
Oh, ok. I know it. You are quoting from the vedas then. And is your real name sarvapalli Lalgudi jayaraman
or Madurai Sri venkateswaran or something like that ??

As for your other statement :- But then, to each his own
It doesnt hold true if you are in the islamic fold. Because in Islam, for everyone it is SHARIA, SHARIA and SHARIA only. Nothing of his own.

[think]

Dawood nabi wrote and sang songs and danced. Istanbul is another place where poetry and singing is part of religion. There is music even in jannat. Your music can be an inpiration to others .Use the talent allah has given you. If all the smart people of the world thought like you, there would be no computers, no airplanes, no cars, and people dying of all kinds of deseases. Use the mind allah has gifted you.If it is music then so be it. nowhere no how is music haram in islam.

[shapur]

Dawood nabi wrote and sang songs and danced. Istanbul is another place where poetry and singing is part of religion. There is music even in jannat. Your music can be an inpiration to others .Use the talent allah has given you. If all the smart people of the world thought like you, there would be no computers, no airplanes, no cars, and people dying of all kinds of deseases. Use the mind allah has gifted you.If it is music then so be it. nowhere no how is music haram in islam.

According to the philosophy of Islam,the"mind which God has gifted" has been endowed with two main faculties:
(i) Intellect; & (ii) Emotions.
Emotions may be divided into two categories: Positive & Negative. We may call them 'Attraction' & 'Repulsion', or 'Love' & 'Hate'; or 'Desire' & 'Anger' respectively. Let us call them here 'Desire' & 'Anger'.
Thus, we have three faculties in all :
1) Intellect: Its function is to think & understand;
You refer to planes, computers,technology ,etc. which are products of harnessing of the intellect. There is no prohibition on exercising of the intellect and gaining knowledge. A verse in the quran says" rabbe zidni ilma"( O lord, increase my knowledge). So please dont mix music with inventions. Two different things.
2) Desire: Through it man tries to attain things which are beneficial to him or which give him satisfaction & enjoyment;
3) Anger: By this facility man defends himself against, & repulses the things which he considers harmful to himself.

Of the above three faculties, the first one, i.e., Intellect, has been designed by Allah to guide & control the remaining two, i.e., Desire & Anger. If a man wants to remain on right path, he must ensure that the two perform their functions under the guidance of Intellect.

For example, the ambition to get rich is the result of Desire. But it is the Intellect which guides the man that the wealth should be obtained by honest labor, hard work & not by robbery or fraud.

Likewise, the Anger inspires the man to resist pain. But it is the Intellect that tells him, for example, to submit to the surgical operation, so that he may avoid greater pain in future.

When the Faculty of Intellect is sufficiently developed & dominates over the other two faculties, the man advances spiritually & ethically; & surpasses the angels, because angels have got only the Intellect & do not have to contend with desire & anger.

Uncontrolled desire & anger are dominating factors of animals. If these faculties were to be nourished by the man beyond the ethical limit, and
freed from the control & guidance of Intellect, he would sink to the abysmal depth of depravity, & would become worse than animals.

After understanding this principle, it is easy to appreciate the reasons behind laws of Islam forbidding various actions.

Theres ample medical research which has proved that music is among those things which boost the emotions & arouse the sensual powers beyond their natural limit; music gives desire or anger an upper hand, & makes them dominant over the Intellect. As has been shown with a few examples, this state could reach a stage where Intellect ceases to function altogether; man becomes the slave of his emotions - desire & anger.

A time comes that he forgets his Creator & does not remember the real aim of his life (which is to know his Creator & obey Him).

The Love & Fear of Allah promotes virtues & good deeds, & restrain the man from sins & evils. Islam aims at producing best of the characters in its followers; & therefore, it has forbidden those things which tend to divert attention from Allah & from man's divine duties. Music is one of those things which have toxic effect on human mind. Therefore, Islam has forbidden not only the playing of music, but also listening to it; also forbidden is participation in musical programmes whether it be in places like theaters, night clubs & cinemas or in one's own home.

Incidentally, the same is the reason behind the law forbidding liquor & gambling.