The authenticity of two Ahaadeeth about musical instruments

31-3-2014 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamu 'alaykum. I would like to know if these two narrations (translations) are authentic: 1. Nafe3 said Ibn Umar heard a musical instrument so he placed his fingers in his ears and walked away from the area and said, "Nafe3 can u hear anything?" I said, "No!" He took his fingers out of his ears and said, "I was with the prophet (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) and he heard like this and did as I did." 2. The prophet (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) walked with Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf in between pine trees. The prophet (sallah allahu alieh wasalam) then placed his son Ibrahim on his lap and began to cry. Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf said, "Oh prophet of Allah do you cry when you stop us from crying?" He said, "I did not deter you from crying. I deterred you from two evil sinful voices - a voice with musical devilish instruments and a voice at a misery with scraping of the face and shredding of the clothe."

Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

Let us start with the Hadeeth that was attributed to the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) as related by Jaabir ibn 'Abdullaah  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  him. It was reported by At-Tirmithi , who said that it is Hasan (good), and by Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Haakim, and Ibn Abi Shaybah. Shaykh Al-Albaani also classified it as Hasan.

As regards the Hadeeth that Naafi’ related that Ibn ‘Umar heard a flute and he put his fingers in his ears and changed his course, and said to him: “O Naafi’, can you hear anything?” Naafi’ said: ‘No’. So he took his fingers out of his ears and said, “I was with the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) and he heard the same thing and he did the same.” This Hadeeth was reported by Ahmad, Abu Daawood, Al-Bayhaqi and At-Tabaraani in Al-Awsat. Al-Albaani classified it as Saheeh (sound) and Shu’ayb Al-Arnaa’oot classified it as Hasan.

Allaah Knows best.

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