many Muslims upon receiving blessings and on occasions of happiness, such as ‘aqiqah, engagement, wedding, Independence Day, etc., instead of expressing gratitude in these functions, مَعاذَ الـلّٰـه earn the displeasure of Allah Almighty, destroying their afterlife through openly engaging in Satanic acts, such as music, bizarre antics and customs that oppose the shari’ah.

Remember! This is never the way to show gratitude for blessings. On the contrary, this is total ingratitude, because playing and listening to music are haram acts that lead to Hell, and doing such things upon receiving a blessing is particularly bad. 

Let us listen to three narrations that mention the destructions of music, and take admonition:

1.   Two sounds are cursed in this world and the hereafter: 1) the sound of musical instruments upon a blessing, 2) wailing at the time of calamity.^[1]

2.   Whoever sits with a songstress and listens attentively, Allah Almighty will pour molten lead into his ears on the Day of Judgement.^[2]

3.   ‘Allamah Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه narrates, “Save yourself from music and instruments as they incite desire, destroy your sense of shame, are equivalent to alcohol and cause intoxication like it.”^[3]

Dear Islamic brothers, how deep-rooted was the passion for displaying gratitude for blessings in our pious predecessors! This can be appreciated from the way these noble personalities would refrain from expressing their anxieties before others and falling into ingratitude,