(4) "This Community will experience the swallowing up of some people by the earth, metamorphosis of some into animals, and being rained upon with stones." Someone asked, "When will this be, O Messenger of Allah?" and he said, "When songstresses and musical instruments appear and wine is held to be lawful." (3) "Song makes hypocrisy grow in the heart as water does herbage." (2) "On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will pour molten lead into the ears of whoever sits listening to a songstress."
(1) "Allah Mighty and Majestic sent me as a guidance and mercy to believers and commanded me to do away with musical instruments, flutes, strings, crucifixes, and the affair of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance." The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: Let those who refuse to obey him beware lest calamity strike them, or a painful torment. "does not speak from personal caprice: it is nothing besides a revelation inspired" (Koran 53:3-4), R40.1 (Ibn Hajar Haytami:) As for the condemnation of musical instruments, flutes, strings, and the like by the Truthful and Trustworthy (Allah bless him and give him peace), who I was as disappointed as anyone else to hear of his abandonment of music.Īpparently Mohammad didn't like music. Cat really had a good run and this was his breakout album.