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Is listening to songs that include the majestic word [Allah], set to music, considered an insult to the majestic word on the part of the listener?

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Pronouncing the majestic name of Allah or anything held sacred in Islamic law within the context of dissolute singers' songs, musical instruments, and lewdness is considered a form of disrespect. It is obligatory to forbid this and clarify it to people. However, a person does not become an apostate merely by listening to it, unless they intend to mock the noble name. As for merely chanting and singing poetry that contains the majestic name of Allah, it is not considered an insult, nor does its listener become an apostate. The proof for this is the chanting of poetry containing the majestic name of Allah during the time of the Prophet, peace be upon him. An example of this is the Prophet's, peace be upon him, recitation of Ibn Rawaha's verses: "O Allah, were it not for You, we would not have been guided..."

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