Music and Ghinā’: Is Traditional Iranian Music Considered Ḥarām?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Music and Ghinā’: Is Traditional Iranian Music Considered Ḥarām?

English:

Question #1140:

Is traditional national Iranian music ḥarām?

Answer #1140:

Should it, according to the common view, be judged as a lahwī form of music that deviates people from the way of Allah and is suitable for the gatherings of lahwi and sins, it is absolutely ḥarām and your interest in listening to Arabic language does not justify it.

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