Book 18: The Book of Listening and Ecstasy

A 3-minute sample from Book 18: The Book of Listening and Ecstasy. The eighteenth book of the Ihya explores the spiritual dimensions of listening to music and poetry, the conditions under which sama' is permissible, and the nature of ecstatic states that arise from devotional listening. From Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din. The complete audiobook — with the word-synced Arabic + English Living Manuscript transcript, Study Kit vocabulary and reflections, JM Scholar AI, and offline downloads — is in the Joyful Muslims app. Listen to the full book: https://joyfulmuslims.com/library/book-18-listening-and-ecstasy