Is music permissible by analogy with birdsong?
Question

                What is your opinion of those who say that music is permissible, such as saying if we bring a voice recorder and record the voices of birds, then we mix them or do not mix them, but we can still hear the voices of birds in the voice recorder!!.
Praise be to Allah.The prohibition on 
    listening to music is based on evidence from the Qur’aan, Sunnah and 
    scholarly consensus. What is meant by music is the sound of musical 
    instruments, such as the ‘oud (a stringed instrument), mizmaar (a kind of 
    flute), tabl (drums) etc, except for the daff (a type of hand drum). 
The hadeeth expressly 
    forbids musical instruments, flutes and drums. 
It was narrated from Abu 
    Maalik al-Ash’ari (may Allaah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet 
     (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “In my ummah there 
    will be people who allow silk, zina, wine and musical instruments.” 
Narrated by al-Bukhaari in 
    a mu’allaq report (5590); classed as mawsool by al-Tabaraani and al-Bayhaqi; 
    see al-Silsilat al-Saheehah by al-Albaani (91). 
It was narrated that Anas 
    ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah 
     (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Two sounds are 
    cursed in this world and in the Hereafter: flutes at times of joy and 
    wailing at times of calamity.” Al-Mundhiri said: It was narrated by 
    al-Bazzaar and its narrators are thiqaat (trustworthy); it was classed as 
    hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb (3527). 
Abu Dawood (3685) narrated 
    from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Amr (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet 
    of Allaah  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade alcohol, 
    gambling and drums. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood. 
As for listening to 
    birdsong, it is permissible, and does not come under the same heading as 
    musical instruments, whether it is listened to directly or on a voice 
    recorder. 
The same applies to those 
    who cite the sound of flowing water etc as evidence. 
It may be said that what is 
    halaal is that which was permitted by Allaah and His Messenger and what is 
    haraam is that which was forbidden by Allaah and His Messenger. That 
    concerning which sharee’ah is silent is permissible. What is haraam is 
    listening to musical instruments, and flutes and drums are mentioned in 
    particular. It is not haraam to listen to birdsong. What does the one have 
    to do with the other? 
What the Muslim must do is 
    accept what Allaah and His Messenger say, and not to try to twist their 
    words. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): 
“It is not for a 
    believer, man or woman, when Allaah and His Messenger have decreed a matter 
    that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys 
    Allaah and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed into a plain error”
[al-Ahzaab 33:36]
See also question no. 
    5000 
    for more information. 
And Allaah knows best.