Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara · Hadith 1

Book of Narrators · Hisham b. Ibrahim al-Abbasi · Volume 1, book 3, chapter 112, Hadith 1

Original Arabic text

[1/284] قرب الاسناد: الريان بن الصلت قال: قلت للرضا عليه السلام: إن العباسي أخبرني أنك رخصت في سماع الغناء فقال: كذب الزنديق، ما هكذا كان، إنما سألني عن سماع الغناء فأعلمته أن رجلا أتى أبا جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين عليهم السلام فسأله عن سماع الغناء، فقال له: أخبرني إذا جمع الله تبارك وتعالى بين الحق والباطل، مع أيهما يكون الغناء؟ فقال الرجل: مع الباطل، فقال له أبوجعفر عليه السلام: حسبك فقد حكمت على نفسك، فهكذا كان قولي له

Published English translation

1. [1/284] Qurb al-Isnad: al-Rayyan b. al-Salt reported: I said to al-Ridha عليه السلام: al-Abbasi informs me that you have permitted the listening of music? He [the Imam] said: the Zindiq has lied! This was not how it [i.e. our conversation] was. He asked me about listening to music so I informed him that a man came to Aba Ja’far Muhammad b. Ali b. al-Husayn عليهم السلام and asked him about listening to music, he [al-Baqir] said to him: inform me - when Allah Blessed and Elevated will gather the truth [on one side] and the falsehood [on the other] - on which side will music be? the man said: with the falsehood, then Abu Ja’far عليه السلام said to him: that is sufficient [as an answer] for you, for you have judged for your own self. [al-Ridha said:] This was my conversation with him [i.e. al-Abbasi].

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