MUSIC IN ISLAM

Music is Permitted or Prohabitted.....?
References within the context of the Holy Qur`aan along with the Hadith of the Prophet  confirm that music is haraam.
Interpreters of the Qur`aan have defined the term `lahwal hadith` which is mentioned in the Qur`aan as: 
 1) Singing and listening to songs.
 2) Purchasing of male and female singers.
 3) Purchase of instruments of fun and amusement. 
When Sayyidana Abdullah Ibne Mas`ood , a very close companion of our Prophet  was asked about the meaning of the term `lahwal hadith`, he replied 


“I swear by Him besides whom there is no other God,that it refers to ghinaa (singing ).”This statement, he repeated three times. This view is unanimously supported by the four Khalifas, the eminent Sahabaah, Tabi`een, the four Imaams and other reliable Islaamic scholars and authorities. 
One hadith from the Bukhari Shareef, the most authentic Book of Hadith, further confirms unlawfulness of music and singing : 


`There will be people of my Ummah who will seek to make lawful; fornication, wine-drinking and the use of ma`aazif ( musical instruments ).`Detailed analysis of the arabic word `ma`aazif ` shows that it refers to musical instruments, the sounds of those musical instruments and singing with the accompaniment of instruments. 
Closer analysis of the wordings of the Hadith establishes the prohibition of music. Firstly, the words `seek to make lawful ` shows that music is not permissible, as logically one can only seek to make lawful that which is not allowed. Secondly, if music was not prohibited, then it would not have been brought within the same context as fornication and wine-drinking.