Is music haram in Islam? What the classical scholars ruled.

"If people gather and mimic drinking sessions with permissible drinks, it is prohibited because it resembles sinful behavior. Based on these principles, instruments like the Iraqi flute and string instruments such as the lute and zither are banned. However, instruments like the shepherd's staff, the pilgrim's staff, and certain drums, which produce pleasant sounds unrelated to wine or drinking gatherings, are permissible."

""Allah has prohibited the singing slave girl, her sale, her earnings, and her teaching." We respond: By "singing slave girl," it refers to one who sings for men at drinking gatherings. Singing by a non-relative woman to libertines or those at risk of temptation is forbidden, as they aim at what is prohibited. However, a slave girl's singing to her owner does not imply prohibition, nor is it forbidden for someone other than her owner to hear her, considering no risk of temptation."

"if it preceded, the refusal might be a cause of loneliness, which is a hazard, and a hazard precedes a hazard. As for initiating the question, there is no necessity in it. The seventh point is the permission for singing and drumming by the two young girls, even though it is likened to the flute of Satan, indicating that the forbidden flute is not that. The eighth point is that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, allowed the sound of the two girls to reach his ears while he was reclining."

"Al-Fudail's statement about singing being an incantation for adultery pertains to the listening of the wicked and lustful youth. If it were universal, the two singing girls would not have sung in the house of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him. The comparison based on analogy refers to musical instruments and has been addressed, or it could be seen as frivolity and playfulness."

"involving singing and dancing, it is not permissible to attend, as these are considered prohibited. The use of the tambourine is allowed during weddings. Listening to music played with reeds and dancing is disliked. Some interpreters have explained the verse of Allah and of mankind is he who purchases idle talk from Surah Luqman to mean singing and poetry."

"Avoid what Islam has prohibited from amusement, falsehood, wrongful singing, musical instruments of all kinds, all stringed instruments, cunning, deceit, gossip, rancor, severing ties of kinship, bad character, arrogance, vanity, pride, boasting, obscenity, vulgarity, malice, envy, omens, injustice, aggression, and oppression.""

"عُمَر بْن الخَطَّاب, may اللّٰه be pleased with him, once addressed a wailing woman, saying: "She has no sanctity; she commands grief, which اللّٰه has forbidden, and forbids patience, which اللّٰه has commanded." It is widely known that the temptation of listening to singing and musical instruments is far greater than the temptation of wailing. Experience shows that whenever musical instruments and amusements become widespread among a people, اللّٰه afflicts them with adversities such as enemies, drought, and evil rulers."

"As He says: "And when they hear idle talk, they turn away from it" from سُورَة القَصَص, and "And when they pass by idle talk, they pass by with dignity" from سُورَة الفُرْقَان. مُحَمَّد بْن الحَنَفِيَّة said this refers to singing, and حَسَن or someone else said they honored themselves by not listening to it. اِبْن مَسْعُود said: "Singing plants hypocrisy in the heart just as water makes plants grow." This statement reflects an understanding of the effect and outcome of singing."

"These sounds belong to Satan, not to the Merciful: the sound of lamentation and wailing during times of sorrow and loss, and the sound of amusement, musical instruments, and singing during times of joy and attainment. The Prophet مُحَمَّد, peace be upon him, highlighted this in a حَدِيث narrated by أَنَس, may اللّٰه be pleased with him: "I have forbidden two foolish and sinful sounds: the sound of wailing at a calamity and the sound of musical instruments at a blessing.""

"Listening to the voices of unrelated women, which may lead to temptation, is also forbidden unless there is a necessity, such as testimony, transactions, seeking a legal opinion, judgment, medical treatment, and similar situations. Listening to musical instruments and entertainment devices, like the lute and flute, is forbidden. One is not required to block their ears if they hear such sounds unintentionally unless they fear being drawn to them."