Prompted by the comment
of a Palestinian musician that neither listening to nor playing music
was haraam (forbidden by Islam), I searched for info on what might be
included under this heading. Wiki advised that "haraam is an
Arabic term meaning 'sinful'. And that "In Islamic
jurisprudence, haram is used to refer to any act that is forbidden by
Allah. Islam teaches that a haram (sinful) act is recorded by an
angel on the person's left shoulder. If something is considered
haram, it remains prohibited no matter how good the intention is or
how honourable the purpose is. A haram is converted into a
gravitational force on the day of judgment and placed on mizan
(weighing scales)." Elsewhere I found this intriguing list of
"the 70 major sins' of Islam:-
1. Associating
anything with Allah (SHIRK)
2. Murder
3. Practicing
magic
4. Not praying
5. Not paying
Zakat (alms)
6. Not fasting on
any day during Ramadan without an excuse
7. Not performing
the Hajj, while being able to do so
8. Disrespecting
parents
9. Abandoning
relatives
10. Fornication
and Adultery
11. Homosexuality
(this includes sodomy in all forms)
12. Charging
interest (riba or Usury)
13. Wrongfully
consuming the property of an orphan
14. Lying about
Allah and His Messenger
15. Running away
from the battlefield
16. A leader’s
deceiving his people and being unjust to them
17. Pride and
arrogance
18. Bearing false
witness
19. Drinking
khamr (alcohol/wine)
20. Gambling
21. Slandering
chaste women
22. Stealing from
the spoils of war
23. Stealing
24. Highway
Robbery
25. Making a
false oath
26. Oppression
27. Making an
illegal gain
28. Consuming
wealth acquired unlawfully
29. Committing
suicide
30. Frequent
lying
31. Judging
unjustly
32. Giving and
accepting bribes
33. Woman’s
imitating a man and man’s imitating a woman
34. Being a
cuckold
35. Marrying a
divorced woman in order to make her lawful for the husband
36. Not
protecting oneself from urine
37. Showing-off
38. Gaining
knowledge of the religion for the sake of this world and concealing
that knowledge
39. Betraying
trust
40. Recounting
favours
41. Denying
Allah’s Decree
42. Listening
(to) people’s private conversations
43. Telling tales
44. Cursing
45. Breaking
contracts
46. Believing in
fortune-tellers and astrologers
47.
A woman’s bad conduct towards her husband
48. Making
statues and pictures
49. Lamenting,
wailing, tearing the clothing, and doing other things of this sort
when an affliction befalls
50. Treating
others unjustly
51. Overbearing
conduct toward a wife, a servant, the weak, and animals
52. Offending
one’s neighbour
53. Offending and
abusing Muslims
54. Offending
people and having an arrogant attitude towards them
55. Trailing
one’s garment in pride
56. Men’s
wearing silk and gold
57. A slave’s
running away from his master
58. Slaughtering
an animal which has been dedicated to anyone other than Allah
59. To knowingly
ascribe one’s paternity to a father other than one’s own
60. Arguing and
disputing violently
61. Withholding
excess water
62. Giving short
weight or measure
63. Feeling
secure from Allah’s Plan
64. Offending
Allah’s righteous friends
65. Not praying
in congregation but praying alone without an excuse
66. Persistently
missing Friday Prayers without any excuse
67. Usurping the
rights of the heir through bequests
68. Deceiving and
plotting evil
69. Spying for
the enemy of the Muslims
70. Cursing or
insulting any of the Companions of Allah’s Messenger
And elsewhere, someone
gave this list of the 10 most important modern sins:-
1. Cleavage, flashy
clothes and tight jeans for women
2. Pony tails for
women. Long hair for men.
3. Dental braces
4. Harry Potter books
and films
5. Homosexuals
6. Social networks,
emails, and video directories
7. Batman and the
Justice League
8. Pet cats and dogs
9. Barbie dolls
10. Political sciences
Of course, I can't guarantee that these are lists are agreed by all the world's Muslims. Probably not. But, as you can see,
listening to or playing music doesn't figure on either of them. BTW: Women will also
have noticed there's no corresponding item to number 47 in the first
list.
Finally . . . I ordered
some walking boots this week, prior to another camino in May. They
arrived today and I didn't have to give an ID number or even sign my
name. Life can be so simple.
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