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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) permit anthems in the three contexts: jihad, travel, and hard labor?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) permit anthems in the three contexts: jihad, travel, and hard labor?

Answer:
Anthems? No, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not permit them. Rather, the Sufis permitted them, and the owners of contemporary partisan methodologies permitted them, the owners of partisanship. The Messenger permitted the recitation of poetry, reciting poetry about the camels at night and during work to encourage them in their work. Recitation means they recite, and it is not anthems; rather, one person recites or a group recites, each one separate from the other.
As for them arranging a single voice, harmonized and melodious, this was not from the way of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The recitation of women with the hand drum on the night of the wedding.
There is nothing wrong with that. This is called recitation. Hassan used to recite poetry to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the mosque, and he would listen to it. He did not say anthems; he said this is the recitation of poetry.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [700 -858] هل أجاز النبي ﷺ الأناشيد في المواطن الثلاثة؛ في الجهاد والسفر والعمل الشاق؟ — youtube.com

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