Those who hold that nasheeds are permissible argue against us with a fatwa from the Permanent Committee issued more than twenty years ago

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I discussed the topic of nasheeds with one of the reciters, and I mentioned to him the words of the scholars, and I explained to him that the nasheeds that exist these days are Sufi in nature. He argued against me with a fatwa from the Permanent Committee issued more than twenty years ago permitting nasheeds. The question is: Is it permissible to act on this fatwa? Is it a valid argument? And it was issued at a time when the nature of nasheeds was different from the current time. I ask for an answer, may Allah grant you success.

Answer:
First of all, we have not seen this fatwa, so we must look at it. Second, as the questioner mentioned, it may have been issued at a time when the matter of these nasheeds and what they had become was not clear. They fall into one of two categories: either they are slogans for political parties, slogans for those who adopt different political or group ideas, which are their slogan and for which they are enthusiastic, or they are Sufi in nature, intended for worship and dhikr (remembrance of Allah). In any case, they are munkar (what is wrong); they are among what is wrong. Third, they are among songs; they fall under the category of songs.
They fall under a type of song, so they are either political, or Sufi, or a type of song. Yes.