“‘Imran bin Husain narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: ‘In this Ummah there shall be collapsing of the earth, transformation and Qadhf.’ A man among the Muslims said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! When is that?’ He said: ‘When singing slave-girls, music, and drinking intoxicants spread.’” (Jami at-Tirmidhi 2212)
“It was narrated from Abu Malik Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘People among my nation will drink wine, calling it by another name, and musical instruments will be played for them and singing girls (will sing for them). Allah will cause the earth to swallow them up, and will turn them into monkeys and pigs.’” (Sunan Ibn Majah 4020)
“Narrated Aisha: Abu Bakr came to my house while two small Ansari girls were singing beside me the stories of the Ansar concerning the Day of Buath. And they were not singers. Abu Bakr said protestingly, ‘Musical instruments of Satan in the house of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) !’ It happened on the `Id day and Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘O Abu Bakr! There is an `Id for every nation and this is our `Id.’” (Sahih al-Bukhari 952)
“Taliban arrest 14 people for playing music and singing,” AFP, May 10, 2025:
KABUL: Taliban authorities have arrested 14 people in northern Afghanistan for playing musical instruments and singing, activities they restricted since taking power, provincial police said on Saturday.
The Taliban government has steadily imposed laws and regulations that reflect their austere vision of Islamic law since seizing power in 2021.
This includes cracking down on music in public, from live performances to playing at gatherings, in restaurants, in cars or on radio and TV.
The police said in a statement that on Thursday night in the capital of northern Takhar province “fourteen individuals… took advantage of the nighttime to gather in a residential house where they were playing musical instruments and singing songs, which caused disturbance to the public”….
After their takeover, Taliban authorities shuttered music schools and smashed or burned musical instruments and sound systems, saying music caused “moral corruption” and public disturbance….
Walter Sieruk says
There’s even a movie about how much the Taliban hate music an the people who play music , it;s titled LAST SONG FROM KABUL. Ir’s the true story of the time before , that treacherous villain, Joe Biden, gave away Afghanistan to the Taiban.
During that time there was a girls school for music. . In that school they learned how play musical instruments. Many of those girls said the they never experienced any happiness in their life before they learned how to play muslin . For a time they even traveled to some Western countries to play their music to the people of those nations of the West.
Later , after creepy old Joe abandoned the Afghan people to the Taliban , those girls were quickly taken by plane to the West because if they stayed in Afghanistan the Taliban would have murdered them for playing music,
Rarely says
T least they weren’t playing chess.
Mo says
What a miserable place on earth Afghanistan must be. Even if Islam taught nothing else objectionable, the fact that it doesn’t allow music would be enough for me to loathe it. Music is a beautiful gift from God!
Walter Sieruk says
This is no surprise at all. For the misery of the Sharia based tyranny of the Taliban upon the Afghan people very terribly harsh. This is a reflection of the wisdom book of the Bible, which reads, “All the days of the oppressed are wretched” Proverbs 15:15. [N.I.V.]