Fatwa #2626124 July 2013Indonesia
Is it permissible to listen to Music for educational aids and is it ok to look at pious people?
Question
Is it permissible to listen music for education, example, many teaching aids in our school contain music and is it halaal to see a Hafiz of the Qur'an and pious people?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Music is prohibited. Listening to music is a sin. It is not permissible to listen to educational aids having music.
Your question is not clear. Nevertheless, it is prohibited for a female to see a male who is not her Mahram. A Mahram is he who is prohibited in marriage for example, one’s brother, uncle etc. If a male is not a Mahram, it is compulsory to observe Hijaab from that person.
It is not permissible to see such a person even though he is a Hafidh or Alim or a Hadhrat.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.