Music is clearly haram:
Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume 7, Book 69, hadith #494v:
Narrated Abu 'Amir (raa) or Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari (raa) that he heard the Prophet
(sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, "From among my followers there will be some
people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of
alcoholic drinks, and the use of musical instruments [ma'aazif] as lawful. And (from
them), there will be some who will stay near the side of a mountain, and in the evening
their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they
will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night and
will let the mountain fall on them, and Allah will transform the rest of them into monkeys
and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection."
Note that the Prophet here mentions music alongside alcohol and zina illustrating the seriousness of it.
Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 41, Hadith # 4909
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud(raa) : Salam ibn Miskin(raa), quoting an old man who
witnessed AbuWa'il in a wedding feast, said: They began to play, amuse and sing. He
united the support of his hand round his knees that were drawn up, and said: I heard
Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud) say: I heard the apostle of Allah (SAW) say: Singing produces
hypocrisy in the heart.
Sahih Al-Bukhari and agreed upon by At-Tabari.
Sa'id ibn Jubayr(raa) reported that Ibn 'Abbas(raa) said about the verse: "And of mankind
is he who purchases idle talks" (31:6), that, "ldle talks means singing and the like."
The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said : "A people of my Ummah
will drink wine, calling it by other than its real name. Merriment will be made for them
through the playing of musical instruments and the singing of female singers. Allah
(SWT) will cleave the earth under them and turn others into apes and swine." (Narration
of Ibn Maajah ) note : This hadeeth has also been narrated by al-Bayhaaqi and ibn
Asaakir, and has been authenticated by the renowned scholar of hadeeth Ibn al-Qayyim.
The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said : "Verily Allah prohibited
wine, gambling and al-koobah; and every intoxicant is prohibited." Sufyan said :" I asked
the narrator, Ali bin Badheemah, ' What is al-Koobah?' He answered, 'It is the
drum'." (An authentic hadith narrated by Imaam Ahmed bin Hanbal )
That the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said : "Verily I did not
prohibit weeping [per se], but rather I forbade two voices [sowtayn] which are imbecilic
[ahmaq] and sinfully shameless [faajir]: one a voice [singing] to the accompaniment of
musical amusement [lahw] and Satan's [wind] instruments; the other, a voice [wailing]
due to some calamity, accompanied by striking of the face and tearing of garments. But
this [weeping off mine] stems from compassion, and whosoever does not show
compassion will not receive it." (The narration of Haakim and Others) note : This hadeeth
is graded Hasan, and has been strengthened by other narrations.
Anas bin Maalik (radi Allaahu anhu) related from the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa
sallam) that "two cursed sounds are that of the [wind] instrument [mizmaar] played on
the occasion of joy and grace, and woeful wailing upon the occurrence of
adversity." (Narration of Abu Bakr ash-Shaafi'ee)
Here's one, Jashn-e-Aamade Rasool, in Urdu with some beautiful images of Pakistan.
