Al-Ghazali on Proper Conduct When to Listening to Music and The Exeperience of Ecstasy (Pre-order for December)

Al-Ghazali on Proper Conduct when Listening to Music and the Experience of Ecstasy is the eighteenth chapter of Ihya’ ʿulum al-din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), a work by the classical Islamic scholar Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. The book analyzes the controversial topic of music’s place in Islamic life, concluding that it is permissible in itself, though it can become unlawful depending on the context. Al-Ghazali argues that music can have a powerful effect on the human heart, potentially leading to ecstasy and serving as an aid to spiritual connection, but can also be a source of corruption.