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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the previous question regarding anthems and beating the hand drum to them

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The Shaykh : There is poetry in Islam, without a doubt, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said of some of it:
In some poetry there is wisdom. إن من الشعر لحكمة
Sunan Ibn Majah 3755Sahih (Darussalam)
. As for singing poetry and calling it anthems and religious anthems; this is something our righteous predecessors did not know at all. In reality, this is related to a principle we recently discussed in some of our sessions here, which is summarized by the belief in what scholars hum about on such occasions: all good is in following those who came before, and all evil is in the innovation of those who came after. It was not the custom of the predecessors to recite anthems and call them religious, especially if they were accompanied by some musical instruments like the hand drum. And more reprehensible than that is calling dhikr (remembrance of Allah) that is accompanied by some musical instruments—also—dhikr, when it is not of Islamic dhikr in any way.
So, in conclusion, there are no religious anthems; rather, there are pleasant poems in their meanings that it is permissible to sing, either individually or in some gatherings; such as weddings, as came in the hadith of Aisha that she came from a wedding of the Ansar, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her:
From where? من أين ؟
She said: "From a wedding of the Ansar." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her:
Did you sing for them? For the Ansar love singing هل غنَّيتم لهن ؛ فإن الأنصار يحبون الغناء
She said: "What should we say, O Messenger of Allah?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes, who among you remembers?
We have come to you, we have come to you, so greet us and we will greet you أتيناكم أتيناكم ، فحيُّونا نحيِّيكم
Look at the pure Arabic poetry, which contains nothing of inappropriate speech,
We have come to you, we have come to you, so greet us and we will greet you, and were it not for the brown wheat, your cheeks would not have grown plump أتيناكم أتيناكم فحيُّونا نحييكم ، ولولا الحنطة السَّمراء لم تسمن عذاراكم
This is poetry, but it is not religious poetry; it is poetry for relaxation with permissible speech. This is what was known in that era.
Other than that?
Source www.al-albany.com

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