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In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful

Assalamualaikum

Title: Opinions please?

Before you read this post, click the play button on the video attached above first! It would give a little bit of a dramatic effect as you read through this post. Okay, so I have heard of some people claiming that Music in Islam is haraam. But how true is that? Could someone please enlighten me? Email me at: suhaidah94@hotmail.com if you have the answer to that.

Until I have yet to find the truth, I shall continue listening to music. I grew up listening to classical pieces and music that are of the ballad genre. I used to be a pianist and a violinist. I used to be in an Orchestra but not anymore because I realised that in Singapore, academic education still comes first and hence, I stopped taking up violin lessons and eventually, I even stopped foing for piano classes somewhere in 2008. I was only fourteen back then. I gave up my passion for music because I wanted to give full attention to my academic studies.

Sure. In Singapore, we have NAFA(Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts), we have SOTA, we have La Salle. But come to think of it, I decided that if I were to go into the music industry and make it as my profession, I figured that I won't be able to go far. I mean, it's hard. For you to be really successful in the music industry, particularly in a small country like Singapore, you gotta be extremely talented. ie: Dick Lee etc. & I personally do not think that I've got exceptional talents in music. Perhaps I was too ambitious back then, and then as I grow up, I realised that I do not really have that much of a talent in music. On the contrary though, I passed my Violin ABRSM exam in 2006, with a high national distinction. My score was just a 1 pathetic mark away, from the top student in Singapore. I was better in Violin, than I was with Piano. My music teacher found that weird because Violin was a lot more harder to play, than compared to that of a Piano.

Now that I am seventeen, I realised that the love for music that I had, was just an ordinary thing. My passion now lies in Islam and Special Needs Education. I should be heading towards that direction. I aim to get a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and following that, a Degree in Special Needs Education. On the religion side though, at this moment, I hope to get at least a pass for Sijil Pengajian Islam. But my niat/intentions to study Islam is of course purely based, for the sake of Allah. I'm a little too ambitious am I not? As humans, there is only so much that we can do. Allah knows best, and thus I shall not question.

Kita sebagai manusia, kita hanya mampu merancang. Tetapi Allah lah yang maha menentukan segala-galanya.