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(1). 3195. Abū Umāmah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do not sell the female singers, nor purchase them, nor teach them (to sing). And there is no good in trade 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 something about this from Ibn 'Umar.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Āyah is Gharīb, it was only reported as a narration of Al-Qāsim from Abū Umāmah. Al-Qāsim is trustworthy, and 'Ali bin Yazīd (one of the narrators) was graded weak in Āyah, this was said by Muḥammad bin Ismā'īl.
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Commentary
According to Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī, 'Lahw Al-Ādīth' (idle talks) means everything that makes one unmindful of Allāh's worship and His remembrance, like: useless story telling, vain talks of mockery and jokes, indecent and impolite activities, music and dance etc. [Rūḥ Al-Ma'ānī: 21, 22; p. 91]. In the light of
this Verse and the Hadīth, any such business that makes one unmindful of Allāh's worship and His remembrance is prohibited.
