Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says regarding this verse, "And among the people is he who buys idle talk" [Surah Luqman: 6], that it was revealed about singing and musical instruments and things similar to them.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20987
Abd al-Rahman bin Ghanm al-Ash'ari (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Abu Amir or Abu Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), who never lied to me, heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "There will certainly be people in my Ummah who will regard silk, wine and musical instruments as lawful. And some people will settle at the foot of a mountain, and their herds will return to them in the evening after grazing. A man will come to them with his need, and they will say: Come back tomorrow. Then Allah will destroy them at night, bring the mountain down upon them, and transform others into monkeys and pigs until the Day of Resurrection."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20988
Malik bin Abi Maryam says that Abd al-Rahman bin Ghanm al-Ash'ari came to Damascus, and a group of us gathered around him. We mentioned tila' (a thickened, cooked grape drink); some of us permitted it and some disliked it. The narrator says: I came to him after we had become engrossed in the discussion, and he said: I heard Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), the Companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), narrating from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "People of my Ummah will drink wine, calling it by other than its name, and musical instruments and singing girls will be played over their heads; Allah will cause the earth to swallow them, and He will turn some of them into apes and swine."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20989
Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah has forbidden to you wine, gambling and the drum," and he said: "Every intoxicant is forbidden."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20990
Qays bin Habtar says: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about earthenware jars, and he related the story of Abd al-Qays, then said: That is, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah has forbidden to me wine, gambling and the drum," and he said: "Every intoxicant is forbidden." Sufyan says: I asked Ali (bin Badhimah): What is al-kubah? He said: The drum.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20991
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade wine, gambling, the drum and corn liquor, and he said: "Every intoxicant is forbidden."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20992
Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him make his abode in Hell." Then he said: "Allah and His Messenger have forbidden wine, gambling, the drum and corn liquor."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20993
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to them while they were in the mosque, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Lord has forbidden wine, gambling, the drum, the qinnin and the like."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20994
Sayyiduna Qays bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said likewise: "Corn liquor and every intoxicant are forbidden." Al-Layth did not mention the qinnin.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20995
Qays bin Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Lord has forbidden to me wine, gambling, the drum and the like." Abu Zakariyya explains al-qinnin as meaning wood.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20996
Nafi' says that Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) heard the sound of singing, so he put his fingers in his ears, moved off to one side of the road, and said to me: "O Nafi', do you hear anything?" I said: "No." Then he took his fingers out of his ears. He said: I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) heard the sound of singing and did like this.
(b) In the narration of al-Qadi: I was walking with Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). He heard the sound of singing, so he left the road and began saying to me: "Do you hear?" I said: "No." Then he returned to the road. Then he said: "This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) do."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20997
Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I was riding behind Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) when a shepherd passed by me who was singing; and he narrated it in the same way.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20998
Abu Hashim al-Kufi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): The duff is forbidden, musical instruments are forbidden, the drum is forbidden, and the pipe is forbidden.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21000
Ata' bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this verse of the Qur'an: "O you who believe, wine, gambling, idols and divining arrows are filth from the work of Satan, so avoid them that you may succeed." [Surah al-Ma'idah: 90]
He said: It is in the Torah that Allah sent down the truth so that falsehood would be done away with, and He also declared games, musical instruments, drumming sticks and the like to be void.
(b) In the narration of Ibn Raja': "Images, poetry, wine and the like: whoever drinks it out of craving, by My Might I swear, I will keep him thirsty on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever does not drink it after it has been forbidden, I will give him to drink from Hazirat al-Quds (the Enclosure of Holiness)."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21001
Ata' bin Yasar (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Ka'b (may Allah have mercy on him) that Allah Almighty revealed to Musa (peace be upon him): "We send down the truth only so that falsehood is done away with, and that We may also make void games, musical instruments, poetry and wine. My Lord has sworn that whichever servant abandons them because of My command, I will give him to drink from the pure pools." Zayd bin al-Hubab says: I asked Abu Mawdud: What are al-mazamir? He said: "Square duffs." I said: What are al-kinnarat? He said: "Pieces of wood."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21002