سَأَلْتُ الْخُرَاسَانِيَّ ( عليه السلام ) وَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ الْعَبَّاسِيَّ ذَكَرَ أَنَّكَ تُرَخِّصُ فِي الْغِنَاءِ فَقَالَ كَذَبَ الزِّنْدِيقُ مَا هَكَذَا قُلْتُ لَهُ سَأَلَنِي عَنِ الْغِنَاءِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْغِنَاءِ فَقَالَ يَا فُلَانُ إِذَا مَيَّزَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَ الْبَاطِلِ فَأَنَّى يَكُونُ الْغِنَاءُ فَقَالَ مَعَ الْبَاطِلِ فَقَالَ قَدْ حَكَمْتَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Al rayyan, from Yunus who said, ‘I asked Al-Khurasany<sup>asws</sup> (8th Imam<sup>asws</sup>), and I said that Al-Abbasy mentioned that you<sup>asws</sup> are allowing with regards to the singing (music)?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The apostate has lied! I<sup>asws</sup> did not say to him like this. He asked me<sup>asws</sup> about the singing (music), so I<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘A man came over to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, so he asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the singing (music). So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O so and so! If Allah<sup>azwj</sup> were to Differentiate between the Truth and the Falsehood, so where would the singing (music) be?’ So he said, ‘With the falsehood’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So you have judged’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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