Is Listening To Music Haram Or Maqruh?
Well I would argue that it depends on what type of Rock music because there are also positive (good) and negative (bad) types of Rock music. Where I would argue that stuff that would fall into negative rock music would be Marilyn Manson/Limp Bizkit type bands which outright are either satanic or endore voilence/barbarianism/roudiness/bad language and then the positive type of Rock music I would categorize as that type which would positivity invigorate a person to stand up for what’s right/muster courage such as a few rock songs of DG ispr etc. In my personal experience it was those Pakistan army rock songs that got me to be a more practicing Muslim then eventually lead me to pray 5 times a day and be mindful of Allah due to which I developed a distaste for negative rock music but I still listen to the positive stuff. But in my opinion I think it’s up to one’s own judgement on what type music they can consider permissible/impermissible based on the positive/negative effects it has on them.
What about songs that have description that does not seem to be in conjunction with our belief? There is one particular song which is about someone living and reflecting on multiple previous lives (may be interpreted as reincarnation) to find the love of his life? Does the possible inclusion of reincarnation make the song Haram? What if the song is in another language which you don’t understand but the tune is catchy?