The Meaning of the Hadith: “I Have Been Given a Flute from the Flutes of the Family of Dawud”

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to one of his Companions , what is the meaning of this?

Answer:
The meaning of this is that Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) had a beautiful voice, a beautiful voice for the Qur'an. He would stand up at night to pray and recite the Qur'an. Then the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would pass by his house and stop to listen to him, listening to him because of the beauty of his voice. This means a beautiful voice from the flutes of Dawud. “The family of Dawud” means Dawud himself, because Allah gave Dawud the beautiful voice with which he would chant in the Zabur (Psalms). The mountains would follow him, returning with him and echoing his voice, and the birds would also gather around him because of the beauty of his voice (peace and blessings be upon him).