Ruling on treating disease with music
Question

                What is the ruling on treating disease with music? Some people claim that it is useful and that it calms the nerves.
Praise be to Allah.There is no basis for treating disease with music. This is one of 
          the actions of the foolish. Music is not a treatment, it is a disease 
          which takes the form of musical instruments. All of it is a disease 
          of the heart which corrupts people. The beneficial treatment which brings 
          peace to the soul is for the sick person to listen to the Qur’aan and 
          useful lessons and ahaadeeth. Treating disease with music and musical 
          instruments will merely make them get used to falsehood and make them 
          even more sick, and it will make it hard for them to listen to the Qur’aan 
          and Sunnah and useful lessons. There is no help and no strength except 
          with Allaah.