al-Khattab mosque

Qatari Muslim scholar has criticised young Muslims who are obsessed with listening to music and singing, saying modern-day singing is “sinful and prohibited” in Islam.
In his sermon yesterday, Sheikh Mohamed Hasan al-Mreikhi said that singing was one of the worst vice which is on the rise among young Muslims and which threatens to weaken their faith.
“Listening to music and singing is a sin and cause for the sickening of the heart. There is a wide ignorance of the Islam ruling on singing among Muslims. Although it has been prohibited, there are persons who are still refusing this ruling and trying to find other justifications permitting singing,” Sheikh al-Mreikhi told a congregation at the Omar bin al-Khattab mosque at Khalifa town.