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[ahmed2142]

hello and al salamm u alaikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh

I love music, i listen to music all the time, I prey and I turn music off during adan times, but I still love music, and whenever I am not doing anything important, I have earphones on and I start listening, its just me, i love music, it relaxes me, it makes me happy. and im sure that there are alot

But one day, i wanted to go out with my friend and my mother was taking me, and I have put on my earphones and started listening, but I lowered the volume because if my mother started talking to me, I can hear her and take them off in respect to her, and she has noticed that I listen to music alot, and she told me that if i listen to music too much, when i start reading or listening to qur'an, I wont be able to feel it like it is supposed to be, and I dont know if that is true, and now, when I listen or read qur'an I know that it is allahs words and how holy and important it is in my life and ofcourse it comes before anything, but i still love music, but i now fear that my love for music is haram, can it be bad for me on the way I am now? I listen to 100% appropriate music and it contains nothing inapropriate.

[SaracenSoldier]

Walaikumsalam warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

Once before when I was listening to music I decided to quit. So i stopped listening. It was hard and I felt like listening but I forced myself not to. After a few weeks it got SOO easy to not listen to it and I was soo happy that I stopped. So try it bro, its easier than it seems. Maybe listen to some nasheed?

[Luckee]

As long as you know that music reflects to you a part of yourself, it is no problem. When you believe that the music is making you feel good, this is where you will get into trouble. Seperating yourself from yourself and then you will begin to worship the music and fall in love with it. You don't feel good because the music feels good is what I'm trying to say. The music feels good because you feel good.

What music do you like to listen to most often currently? Give me one song or composition. Just out of curiosity, wanna check the key signature.

[WeAreComming]

Well, I would say; muslims are not allowed to listen to music because it has evil speech in it, listening to these evil speech can make up your mentality.
Second listen to the quran, even if it is little and read it,
and I will tell yu somewhat with experiance, the fast speeed of music compared to the melodious tone the quran, they don't fit together. And quran starts to feel slow.

[WeAreComming]

And Allah Knows Best.

[Wesley]

I believe music in itself is not haram. The Qur'an does not forbid music. However, God does promote one major concept throughout the Qur'an which would apply in your specific case. This is detachment from all save God. As Luckee said, if the music ends up having direct influence over your happiness or relationship with God, then you are attached to it. This should change and maybe you should change your habit, change how you feel about music, or consider taking music out of the equation completely. Have you prayed to God about your concern?