Music and Ghinā’: What Is Lahwī Music and How Can It Be Identified?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Music and Ghinā’: What Is Lahwī Music and How Can It Be Identified?

English:

Question #1123:

What is meant by lahwī music which deviates people from the way of Allah? And how best can one recognise it?

Answer #1123:

Lahwī and deviating music is that which due to its characteristics keeps human beings away from Allah, the sublime, and away from moral merits and drives them towards sinful acts and carelessness. Its recognition rests with the common people.

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