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Hadith - Bukhari 7:494
Narrated Abu 'Amir or Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari that he heard the Prophet saying, "From among my followers there will be some people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks, and the use of musical instruments as lawful. And (from them), there will be some who will stay near the side of a mountain, and in the evening their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night and will let the mountain fall on them, and Allah will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection."
All of the schools of thought including Maliki, Shafii, Hanbali and Hanafi say that music is Haram3)
"Allah's Messenger said, "Verily Allah has prohibited for my ummah; wine, gambling, a drink distilled from corn, the drum and the lute, while He has supplemented me with another prayer, the witr." (related by Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his Musnad, also related by Al-Bayhaqi, graded sahih. it is also narrated by At-Tabarani with a hasan chain.)
5) Anas ibn Malik related from the Prophet (saws)that, "two cursed sounds are that of the musical instrument(mizmaar) played on the occasion of joy and grace, and the woeful wailing upon the occasion of adversity." (related by Ash-Shafi'i, Al-Bazzaar, and Al-Haythami, graded sahih)
Amongst the companions, there is no difference of opinion regarding music and singing. Ibn Masood said that music and singing "Sprout hypocrisy in the heart as rain sprouts herbs and greens." Also, Ibn Masood said, as related earlier, regarding verse 31:6, "I swear by Him besides Whom there is no god, it refers to singing." This same view was held by the rightly guided caliphs, the fuqahaa amongst the sahaba such as ibn Abbas, Ibn Umar and Jaabir ibn Abdullah, as well as the general body of sahaba. The prohibition of music was also the unanimous opinion of the tabi'in, including scholars like Mujahid, Ikrimah, An-Nakha'i, and Al-Hasan Al-Basri. Imam Abu Hanifa detested singing and considered it sinful. His students have confirmed the explicit prohibition of listening to all musical instruments and pastimes. Indeed, according to the Hanafi school, the testimony of one known to listen to music is to be rejected. Imam Malik was asked about singing(ghinaa). He replied, "In fact, it is done by the sinful ones. Al-Qurtubi confirmed Malik's view by saying that the only exception to this general ruling was the type of innocent songs sung to placate the camels during travel, or during hard labor or boredom, or during times of festivity and joy, such as Eids and weddings, without musical accompaniment, or with only the daff (a small hand drum). Al-Qurtubi then said, "as for that which is done in our day, by way of the blameworthy innovations of the sufi mystics in their addiction to hearing songs to the accompaniment of melodious instruments such as flutes, string instruments, etc. such is haraam." In his book Adaabul Qada, Imam Shafi'i says, "verily song is loathsome; it resembles the vain and false thing. The one who partakes of it frequently is an incompetent fool whose testimony is to be rejected." One of Shafi'i's students, Al Haarith Al Muhaasibi said, "Song is haraam, just as maytah(the flesh of something that dies of it's own) is." Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said, "Singing sprouts hypocrisy in the heart. It does not please me." When told that singing "sensitizes and softens the heart." Imam Ahmad said, "it is a bid'ah(blameworthy innovation)." Yaqoob Al-Haashimi relates that Imam Ahmad despised At-Taghyeer(an affected, throbbing and melodious style of poetry) and prohibited listening to it.
