Haram is an Arabic word which means “Forbidden”. Haram is the things which are prohibited in the Quran and the Sunnah, MUSIC is one of them. PROHIBITION OF MUSIC IN QURAN AND HADITH Proofs from Quran: 1) Allah Ta’ala mentions: “There are some who purchase futile discourse to deviate from Allah’s path without knowledge and they mock it [the path of Allah, Islam]. There shall be a humiliating punishment for these people”(Surah Luqman, verse: 6) Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud,, Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas, Jabir ‘Ikrimah, Sa’id ibn Jubayr,(may Allah be pleased with them) Mujahid, Makhul and Hasan Al Basri (rahimahumullah) were all of the view that ‘futile discourse’ refers to music/ musical instruments. ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (radiyallahu ‘anhu) took an oath that this verse is referring to music. [Refer: Tafsir Ibn Abi Hatim, Tafsirul Baghawi -Ma’alimut Tanzil- and Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Surah Luqman, Verse: 6. Also see Al Adabul Mufrad of Imam Bukhari, Hadith: 1265 and As Sunanul Kubra of Imam Bayhaq
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