What is the ruling on Islamic nasheeds?

Question : What is the ruling on the nasheeds called Islamic nasheeds? And the second matter is what we are answering about, for there is only one question: Islamic nasheeds, and what is their nature, O Ibn Jubayr? What is their nature? Islamic nasheeds in the recitation of the poetry of Hassan ibn al-Thabit or Abdullah ibn Rawahah, is that it?

Answer : Yes, if it is performed in the same manner as the low, base, and vulgar songs, then it is not permissible due to the form. As for singing it, there is no harm in singing it. Have you not seen that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say, “And if they seek to cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), we refuse, we refuse,” and he would prolong his voice? But if it is set to these known, low, and base melodies, it is not permissible, because this makes it like songs. As Allah the Exalted said: a group So, the one who recites things in the manner of reciting the Qur'an, twisting his tongue with the Qur'an so that it is thought to be from the Qur'an, is like the one who sings it in the manner of songs, making it like the low, base songs. In any case, if it does not contain anything prohibited, this is the criterion, and there is no harm in it.