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Is listening to music forbidden?

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It is not permissible to listen to flutes, musical instruments, and musical devices, due to the prohibition by many scholars, who base their ruling on the words of Allah Almighty: "And among the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment." [Luqman: 6]. Many scholars have interpreted "amusement of speech" as referring to musical instruments and flutes. They also cite the words of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "There will be among my Ummah people who will consider unlawful sexual intercourse, silk, intoxicants, and musical instruments to be lawful."

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