Hisham b. Ibrahim al-Abbasi

1. [1/284] Qurb al-Isnad: al-Rayyan b. al-Salt reported: I said to al-Ridha عليه السلام: al-Abbasi informs me that you have permitted the listening of music? He [the Imam] said: the Zindiq has lied! This was not how it [i.e. our conversation] was. He asked me about listening to music so I informed him that a man came to Aba Ja’far Muhammad b. Ali b. al-Husayn عليهم السلام and asked him about listening to music, he [al-Baqir] said to him: inform me - when Allah Blessed and Elevated will gather the truth [on one side] and the falsehood [on the other] - on which side will music be? the man said: with the falsehood, then Abu Ja’far عليه السلام said to him: that is sufficient [as an answer] for you, for you have judged for your own self. [al-Ridha said:] This was my conversation with him [i.e. al-Abbasi].