What is the ruling on my six-year-old son participating in listening to educational English songs at school, and is his swaying when he hears them considered unlawful (haram)?
Children must be kept away from forbidden things so that they do not become accustomed to them. It is disliked to adorn a boy with gold and silk. It is forbidden to give a boy alcohol, carrion, or blood to drink. Similarly, songs that include musical instruments and the use of forbidden amusement tools are prohibited. Therefore, those in charge of the school must be advised. The boy is not sinful for listening to these musical instruments or swaying to them because he is not held accountable, but rather the one who encouraged him to do this and enabled him is sinful. However, if the songs are merely words not accompanied by musical instruments, there is no harm for the child in repeating them or listening to them for learning, and there is also no harm in his swaying when listening to them.
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