Worldly music not allowed

[Dawid Das]

Ephesians 5:11 - And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them

[HzAbbas]

When I was younger I was a very troubled and rebellious teenager, and I started listening to heavy metal - more specifically Death and Black Metal (I.e. Emperor, Deicide, Morbid Angel, etc) and I can tell you evil music completely changes you.

I was consumed by anger and depression almost constantly. Had terrifying sleep paralysis practically every week or two.. and had experiences of shadows in my room.

People really need to watch what they listen to. 

[علوي]

[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

[1/284] Qurb al-Isnad: al-Rayyan b. al-Salt reported:

'I said to al-Reda (عليه السلام):

"Al-Abbasi informs me that you have permitted the listening of music?"

He [the Imam] said: "The zindeeq 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 Jafar Mohammed Ibn Ali Ibn al-Husayn (عليه 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 Jafar (عليه السلام) said to him: 'That is sufficient [as an answer] for you, for you have judged for your own self.' This was my conversation with him [i.e. al-Abbasi]."'

(Source: Mo3jam al-A7adeeth al-Mo3tabara -> Hisham Ibn Ibrahim al-Abbasi)