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Is music, singing, and listening to music permissible even during prayer?

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It is not befitting for a Muslim to listen to music during prayer, because distraction from prayer is not permissible, even if it is by something permissible, so how much more so if it is by an act of disobedience? Therefore, one must approach prayer with humility and turn one's heart away from all preoccupations.

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