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1282. Abū Umāmah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do not sell the (slave) female singers, nor purchase them, nor teach them (to sing). And there is no good in trading in them, and their prices are unlawful. It was about the likes of this that this Āyah was revealed: And among mankind is he who purchases idle talk to divert from the way of Allāh."[1] (Da'if)
[He said:] There is narration about this from 'Umar bin Al-
[Abū 'Eisā said:] We only know of the Hadīth of Abū Umāmah, like this, from this route. Some of the people of knowledge have criticized 'Ali bin Yazīd (one of the narrators) and graded him weak, and he is from Ash-Shām.
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[1] Luqmān 31:6.
Commentary
'Qaynah' means female singer. Here it means the slave girl who is a singer. As music and singing is prohibited, therefore, buying and selling a singing slave girl is also prohibited, otherwise the buying or selling of slaves is allowed. (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi. v.2. p. 259.)
