Imam Zaid Shakir on The Futility of The "Haram Police"

When Imam Zaid Shakir first became Muslim, he was a massive jazz fan. It was all he listened to.

“No one ever told me music was haram,” he says. “No one threatened to lynch me or burn me in a pile of melting LPs.”

So how did he give it all up? Find out in this brief video, courtesy of Al Madina Institute.

Resources for seekers

• Differences of Opinion & Determining Sound Scholarship
• Listening to Islamic Songs with Musical Instruments
• The Definition of Haram and How the Haram is Determined
• Getting Rid of Fictional Books, Movies and Music
• Qasida Unplugged with Nader Khan + Interview

Cover photo by Alan Eng.