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What is the ruling on repeating songs that contain glorification of creation, and is the one who repeats them sinful if unintentionally, and what is the ruling on listening to songs that contain glorification?

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Singing accompanied by musical instruments is forbidden (haram). The prohibition and sin are compounded if the songs contain reprehensible meanings that are forbidden by Islamic law, such as excessive and false praise of a person, or addressing a specific woman in a romantic or amorous way (tashbeeb), or mentioning wine, and so on. The jurists have stated that poetry is like speech: what is good in it is good, and what is ugly in it is ugly. Therefore, it is forbidden for poetry to contain obscenity, indecency, or romantic address (tashbeeb) to a specific woman, or an effeminate boy (amrad), or wine, and the like, or excessive praise of people for qualities they do not possess. Thus, repeating songs that contain forbidden meanings is forbidden, and listening to them is forbidden from two aspects: their inclusion of musical instruments, and their inclusion of forbidden meanings.

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