The Difference Between Individual and Group Recitation in Terms of the Islamic Ruling

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The difference between group recitation and recitation by a single individual is unclear to me. What is the difference between them from the perspective of the ruling?

Answer:
By Allah, my brother, if you did not know the difference, you do not know anything. I mean, one voice or a group of voices—you say they are the same, but they are not the same. One voice, this is recitation. But the group voice, this is melodic, it has pleasure in it, and it has...
There is a difference between them. Also, this was not known among the people of the Sunnah and the community; it was only known among the Sufis.
It is also known among the partisans now. The anthems were never known to be from Islam, until it is said "Islamic anthems" or the Sufis say "religious anthems" or "dhikr (remembrance of Allah)." They call it dhikr, but it is singing. They worship Allah with it. We must distinguish between this and that. Yes.