Meaning Of Verse 6 Of Surah Luqman (یَّشۡتَرِیۡ لَہۡوَ الۡحَدِیۡثِ)
But sir lahv-ul-hadees translates to amusement of speech which we can saythat it means musical instruments, and the ayat says “purchasing” of lahv-ul-hadees which makes it more obvious that it means musical instruments. If not, then whats lahv-ul-hadees which a person can “purchase”? Also we can say that the ahadees in which prophet listened to musical instruments were before the nuzool of this ayat and after this ayat, music was considered impermissible And hadees in which prophet said “people will consider musical instruments halal” was said later after this ayat of surah luqman @Irfan76 @UmerQureshi
In principle, anything haram has to qualify the criteria given in verse 7: 33. Musical instruments are not haram unless an immoral activity is done with music, as it is done in some nightclubs. The condemnation of the prophet necessarily belongs to the wrong use of the music. In God’s Shariah, a haram thing had never been allowed. and one cannot imagine that the prophet used to listen to a potentially haram thing.
Amusement of speech can be a song, a talk, a gossip, a philosophical debate, a story, a movie, a game, etc. Amusement is not haram unless it becomes a cause to lead one away from the remembrance of God, or from religion or its duties, then it becomes lahw