Music and Ghinā’: Is Listening to Ghinā’ at Home Permissible If It Doesn’t Affect You?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Music and Ghinā’: Is Listening to Ghinā’ at Home Permissible If It Doesn’t Affect You?

English:

Question #1129:

Is it permissible to listen to ghinā’ at home? And what is the ruling if one does not get affected by such songs?

Answer #1129:

Listening to ghinā’ which is lahwī and devites people from the way of Allah is absolutely ḥarām, be it at one’s home alone or in the presence of others, even if one does not get aroused.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Music and Ghinā’