The Ijma’ of the ‘Ulemaa upon the prohibition of Musical Instruments
(1) Umar ibn Abdil-Aziz (d.61)
He considered it a bid’ah which indicates that it wasn’t known to the Sahaba or the Muslims and that they considered it Haram
Sunan an-Nasaa’i 4135
Nov 18, 2020 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
There is an interesting story mentioned about Abul-Wafaa ibn Aqeel (d.513):
"Abul-Mudhafar Sibt ibn al-Jawzi mentioned that ibn Aqeel said:
'I once did Hajj, and during the pilgrimage I found a pearl necklace in a red string. Shortly after
I saw a blind old man calling out to the people looking for the pearl necklace. He was offering 100 dinars to the one who found it. So I brought it to him and he told me "Here, take the dinars" but I refused and returned them to him. Then I went to ash-Sham and visited al-Quds
Oct 20, 2020 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Response to: “If the meanings of the sifat such as al-Yad are known, then what do they mean?”
This is a common objection posed by those who espouse tafweedhul ma’na, or ta’weel.
They claim that the apparent meaning of the ayat such as (الرحمن وعلى العرش استوى) or (ما منعك أن تسجد لما خلقت بيدي) necessitate anthropomorphism (tajseem). Therefore we must either:
