What is the ruling on listening to Islamic nasheeds?
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Question:
What is the ruling on the Islamic nasheeds that are widespread these days?
Answer:
First, I demand that you establish this designation that there are Islamic nasheeds in Islam. Where did this designation come from? Nasheeds, yes, they exist, but we do not call them Islamic; we call them nasheeds only. We call them nasheeds, and they are a type of song. Songs are forbidden, songs are forbidden, and musical instruments are forbidden. So who excludes nasheeds and says they are permissible from singing? He must provide evidence for this. As for the recitation of poetry, the poet or the narrator recites a poem and the people listen to him, there is no harm in that. This is not nasheeds; this is recitation.
Recitation, and Hassan ibn Thabit used to recite poetry in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So he distinguished between recitation and nasheeds. Recitation is by one person, whereas nasheeds are by an organized group with melody, resembling the nasheeds of the Sufis, which they consider to be from dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and obedience to Allah. There is absolutely no basis for this practice.
And nasheeds only came into existence when the partisan groups and factions came into existence; the nasheeds came with them. Every group has nasheeds to excite their followers, to excite their followers. That is their purpose in them. Yes.
What is the ruling on the Islamic nasheeds that are widespread these days?
Answer:
First, I demand that you establish this designation that there are Islamic nasheeds in Islam. Where did this designation come from? Nasheeds, yes, they exist, but we do not call them Islamic; we call them nasheeds only. We call them nasheeds, and they are a type of song. Songs are forbidden, songs are forbidden, and musical instruments are forbidden. So who excludes nasheeds and says they are permissible from singing? He must provide evidence for this. As for the recitation of poetry, the poet or the narrator recites a poem and the people listen to him, there is no harm in that. This is not nasheeds; this is recitation.
Recitation, and Hassan ibn Thabit used to recite poetry in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So he distinguished between recitation and nasheeds. Recitation is by one person, whereas nasheeds are by an organized group with melody, resembling the nasheeds of the Sufis, which they consider to be from dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and obedience to Allah. There is absolutely no basis for this practice.
And nasheeds only came into existence when the partisan groups and factions came into existence; the nasheeds came with them. Every group has nasheeds to excite their followers, to excite their followers. That is their purpose in them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم سماع الأناشيد الإسلامية؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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