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How Can Music Be Food for the Soul? - Mufti Muhammad Shafi

How Can Music Be Food for the Soul? - Mufti Muhammad Shafi

Update: 2025-12-26
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Mufti Muhammad Shafi (1897-1976) was a leading scholar and jurist of the Deoband school in Pakistan. In this episode, we revisit an essay from his Arabic treatise on the permissibility of music, translated by Muhammad Abdul Muiz. The essay examines from a Hanafi standpoint the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer's proverbial phrase about music being food for the soul.Featured recitation:Muzaffar Warsi - Wohi Khuda Hai

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How Can Music Be Food for the Soul? - Mufti Muhammad Shafi

How Can Music Be Food for the Soul? - Mufti Muhammad Shafi

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