Allah -azwj has Said...
Allah -azwj has Said: ‘Among people there are those who buy useless things in the form of words to mislead from the path of Allah. (31 :6).
[53] سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى أَوْ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْمُسْتَرِقِّ قَالَ مَنْ ضُرِبَ فِي بَيْتِهِ بَرْبَطٌ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً سَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ شَيْطَاناً يُقَالُ لَهُ الْقَفَنْدَرُ فَلَا يُبْقِي عُضْواً مِنْ أَعْضَائِهِ إِلَّا قَعَدَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا كَانَ كَذَلِكَ نُزِعَ مِنْهُ الْحَيَاءُ وَ لَمْ يُبَالِ مَا قَالَ وَ لَا مَا قِيلَ فِيهِ Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa or others from abu Dawud al-Mustariq who has said the following: The Imam -asws has said: ‘If barbat [54] is played in one’s house for forty days Allah -azwj Gives its control to a Satan called al-Qafandar who sits on every part of the body of the owner of the house.
When this happens bashfulness/honour is taken away from him and he does not mind whatever he says or is said about him’.
[55] سَهْلٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَدِينِيِّ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْغِنَاءِ وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ فَقَالَ لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتاً اللَّهُ مُعْرِضٌ عَنْ أَهْلِهَا Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Madiniy from those whom he has mentioned who has said the following: ‘Once, Abu Abd Allah -asws was asked about ‘al-Ghina’ when I was present.
The Imam -asws said: ‘Do not enter the houses whose inhabitants Allah -azwj disregards’. [56] عَنْهُ عَنْ يَاسِرٍ الْخَادِمِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع قَالَ مَنْ نَزَّهَ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ الْغِنَاءِ فَإِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَأْمُرُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الرِّيَاحَ أَنْ تُحَرِّكَهَا فَيَسْمَعُ لَهَا صَوْتاً لَمْ يَسْمَعْ بِمِثْلِهِ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَتَنَزَّهْ عَنْهُ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from Yasir al-Khadim who has said the following: ‘Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza -asws has said: ‘If one keeps his soul clean of al-Ghina’ Allah -azwj Commands the winds to move a tree in the Garden (paradises).
From this tree a sound is heard the like of which is never heard, and those who fail to keep their souls clean of ‘al-Ghina’ (music and singing) will not be able to hear it’.
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