Mixed farewell parties

Parties should not be mixed; it is necessary
for there to be parties for men only and parties for women only. Mixing
is an evil action and is one of the ways of the people of jaahiliyyah
(ignorance) – we seek refuge with Allaah from that.  

With regard to healing through music,
there is no basis for that, rather it is the action of the foolish.
Music is not a healing, rather it is a disease and is based on the use
of forbidden (musical) instruments. All of that is a disease of the
heart and a cause for deviation of morals. The beneficial treatment
which will bring peace to the soul is for the patient to listen to the
Qur’aan and useful speeches and sermons. Treatment with music and the
like is something which makes people get used to falsehood and makes
them more sick, and makes them listen to the Qur’aan and Sunnah and
useful preaching even less. There is no strength and no power except
with Allaah.