Is the Hadith of musical instruments understood to mean that their prohibition is conditional upon their association with fornication, wine, and silk, and that the "waw" (conjunction "and") in the hadith does not indicate absolute conjunction, and therefore, it is permissible to listen to non-lewd instrumental music?

Musical instruments (ma'azif) are forbidden by scholarly consensus. The prophetic Hadith (definition), "There will be people from my Ummah who will legitimize unlawful sexual intercourse (hir), silk, alcoholic beverages (khamr (definition)), and musical instruments (ma'azif)," confirms this. The assertion that the prohibition applies only when these are combined is false. This is because the conjunction in the Hadith and in other verses, such as "And whoever does that will meet a penalty [in Hell]," indicates that each forbidden act is independently prohibited. Otherwise, it would necessitate permitting unlawful sexual intercourse and alcohol if they are not combined with other forbidden acts, which is invalid by scholarly consensus. The jurisprudential principle states: "A permissible and a forbidden act are not combined in a threat (of punishment)."