The Ruling on Group Recitation at School Events
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In our school, they sometimes hold an award ceremony for the students, and a group of students performs a collective anthem. Some students of knowledge have criticized them, saying that collective recitation is not prescribed because it is part of the Sufi methodology. Is this correct?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is correct in my view. Collective recitation with melodies and repetition is what was known among the Muslims only among the Sufis. The Sufis consider it part of their religion; they regard it as obedience and a means of drawing near to Allah, and they worship with it, even though it is mere amusement and not a matter of religion, but rather amusement. Yes.
The questioner:
I mean, is it said to be disliked, forbidden, or is it absolutely prohibited, or what is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
Avoid it.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In our school, they sometimes hold an award ceremony for the students, and a group of students performs a collective anthem. Some students of knowledge have criticized them, saying that collective recitation is not prescribed because it is part of the Sufi methodology. Is this correct?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is correct in my view. Collective recitation with melodies and repetition is what was known among the Muslims only among the Sufis. The Sufis consider it part of their religion; they regard it as obedience and a means of drawing near to Allah, and they worship with it, even though it is mere amusement and not a matter of religion, but rather amusement. Yes.
The questioner:
I mean, is it said to be disliked, forbidden, or is it absolutely prohibited, or what is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
Avoid it.
Source
لقاء مع المعلمين بالطائف 1434هـ — alfawzan.live (25:55)
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