Music and Singing

It was narrated from Abu Malik Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“People among my nation will drink wine, calling it by another name, and musical instruments will be played for them and singing girls (will sing for them). Allah will cause the earth to swallow them up, and will turn them into monkeys and pigs.”

https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah/36/95

Narrated Aisha:

Abu Bakr came to my house while two small Ansari girls were singing beside me the stories of the Ansar concerning the Day of Buath. And they were not singers. Abu Bakr said protestingly, "Musical instruments of Satan in the house of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) !" It happened on the `Id day and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Abu Bakr! There is an `Id for every nation and this is our `Id."

https://sunnah.com/bukhari/13/4

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

The bell is the musical instrument of the Satan.

https://sunnah.com/muslim/37/159

It was narrated that Aishah said:

"Al-Harith bin Hisham asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): 'How does the Revelation come to you?' He said: 'Like the ringing of a bell, and when it departs I remember what he (the Angel) said, and this is the hardest on me. And sometimes he (the Angel) comes to me in the form of a man and gives it to me.'"

https://sunnah.com/nasai/11/58

It is widely believed that the 'Zabur' is the Book of Psalms, a book of songs with musical direction. The Quran actually 'quotes' from it. See: Zabur/Zubur Did Allah once approve of music and singing then began to hate it? If so, why is the Quran, that 'detailed' book, silent regarding it?

In this hadith a black slave wants to play the drum for her master:

Narrated Buraidah:

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out for one of his expeditions, then when he came back, a black slave girl came to him and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I took an oath that if Allah returned you safely, I would beat the Duff before you and sing.' So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to her: 'If you have taken an oath, then beat it, and if you have not then do not.' So she started to beat the Duff, and Abu Bakr entered while she was beating it. Then 'Ali entered while she was beating it, then 'Uthman entered while she was beating it. Then 'Umar entered, so she put the Duff under her, and sat upon it. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Indeed Ash-Shaitan is afraid of you O 'Umar! I was sitting while she beat it, and then Abu Bakr entered while she was beating it, then 'Ali entered while she was beating it, then 'Uthman entered while she was beating it, then when you entered O 'Umar and she put away the Duff.'

https://sunnah.com/urn/635680 If the drum is evil, why did he allow her to play it? At this point not even Abu Bakr appears to have anything against it. This was probably before the founder of Islam communicated the idea that music was evil to the ummah.