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SELECTIONS FROM THE
REVITALISATION OF THE SCIENCES OF RELIGION

Al-Ghazali’s Ihya’ Ulum al-Din

Listening to Music and Emotion

Chapter One

The Disagreement among Scholars Regarding the Permissibility of
Listening and an Exposition on the Truth Concerning It

An Exposition on the Opinion of the Scholars and Sufis Regarding its Lawfulness
or Unlawfulness

Know that listening is the primary factor in any matter, it then develops in the
heart a condition called emotion, the emotion develops into moving the limbs in
either ran unbalanced move, which is called a disturbance, or in a balanced
move, which is called an applause and dance.