Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ Ibn al-Arabi’s opinion on hearing ]
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As for our doctrine regarding it, the man who has control over himself does not summon him, and if he attends, he does not leave because of him, and in our view it is absolutely permissible because nothing has been proven regarding its prohibition from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. If the man is one of those whose heart does not find his Lord except in Him, then it is obligatory. He must abandon it at all, for it is a hidden divine deception. Then, if he finds his heart in it and in other things, and in any case, but he finds it in the tones more, then it is forbidden for him to have it present. And I do not mean only by the tones heard in poetry, but rather I mean by the presence of the tone in poetry and in other things, even in the Qur’an, if his heart finds it in it for its beautiful sound. The reader does not find his heart in it when he hears it from a reader who does not have a good voice, so he does not rely on that feeling


