ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On What Ar-Ridha (a.s.) Wrote for Al-Ma’mun Regarding Pure Islam and the Religious Decrees 3 - حَدَّثَنا الْحاكِ٠أَبُو عَلِي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أحْ٠َدالْبِيْهَقِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا ٠َّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الصُّوْليُ‏حَدَّثَنا عَوْنُ بْنِ ٠َّد الْكِنْدِيُّ قالَ حَدَّثَني أَبُو الحُسَيْن ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبي عباد وَكَانَ ٠ُشْتَهَراً بِالسَّ٠َاعِ وَبِشُرْبِ النَّبِيذِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َاعِ فَقَالَ لاهْلِ الْحِجَازِ رَأْيٌ فِيهِ وَهُوَ فِي حَيِّزِ الْبَاطِلِ وَاللَّهْوِ أَ٠ِعْتَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ: وَإِذا ٠َرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ ٠35-3 Al-Hakim Abu Ali Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Bayhaqi narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sowli quoted on the authority of Oun ibn Muhammad al-Kindi, on the authority of Abul Husayn Muhammad ibn Abi Ibad - who was known for drinking wine and listening to music - that he asked Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) about listening to music.

He (a.s.) replied, “Those of Hijaz consider it to be legitimate. However, it is considered to be among the wrong and useless things. Have you not heard the Sublime God’s words, ‘Those who witness no falsehood, and, if they pass by futility, they pass by it with honorable (avoidance).’”