Various Traditions From al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم

30-32 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of al-Ryan ibn al-Salt, “One day in Khorasan I asked Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, ‘O my Master! Hisham ibn Ibrahim Al-Abbasi has narrated that you have permitted listening to music.’ Imam Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, ‘That hypocrite has lied. He asked me about this issue and I told him that a man had asked the same thing from Aba Ja’far (Al-Baqir صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم). Aba Ja’far had replied, ‘When God distinguishes between the right and the wrong, which group will one that listens to music fall into?’ The man had replied, ‘In the wrong group.’ Then Aba Ja’far (Al-Baqir صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم) had told him, ‘Then you yourself know the decree.’”