Imam John Yahya Ederer and his article on permissibility of music.
Each one of the four famous jurists, Imām Abū Hanīfah, Imām Mālik, Imām al-Shāfi‘ī and Imām Ahmad Rahimahumullāh have consensus on the issue of prohibition of musical instruments. Imam John Yahya Ederer defends a view in conflict with this unanimous position of the four Imāms. Mawlana Zameelur Rahman deconstructs Imam John Yahya’s argument which is premised on a wrong analysis of historical facts and hadiths. The deconstruction of the wrong premises on hadiths presented by Mawlana Zameelur Rahman after contextualising them and assessing their academic position makes an interesting read in hadith.
