Evidence for the Prohibition of Music and Singing in the Qur’an and Sunnah
Islamic scholars have long discussed the ruling on music and singing, and the majority hold that musical instruments are prohibited based on evidence from the Qur’an, Sunnah, and the understanding of the early generations. Allah says: “And of mankind is he who purchases idle talk to mislead from the path of Allah…” (Luqman 31:6) Many Companions and early scholars, including