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Al Habeshi
How comes? What if it was by CD? or through Pen and Paper. lol. I would follow a fatwa of the Mufti of Saudi even by electronic means ;p
Lol, as for the topic. would it be wise for us to listen to it? I mean, if it's not by Muslims then what's the point. The reason I guess people would listen to the nasheed is to get some islamic relaxing soothing stuff, if the islamic is taken out of it then why listen? Might aswell listen to those CDs with whales singing or something. That'd be better because 1.Theres no chance of you getting attached to the singer and listening to more of his/her stuff which may lead to bad 2. You wont be funding the non Muslim, since they may spend their stuff on haram stuff, smoking, drinking, or even building a place for shirk!
:) I stand corrected! What I probably should have said is that I would not take a fatwa from this website! That's probably a better way of expressing it.
That said, thankyou for coming up with some decent points. There is I guess, always the risk that your money going to this person may end up going on not-so halal things. I would argue however, that this is the same for any deal with the non-Muslim, from buying a bar of chocolate right down to paying your taxes.
Cheb Mami is a Muslim - he employs instruments, duets with female singers and sings of things that would be deemed unwholesome in a broader Islamic context. If it were he rather than Michael Jackson singing a nasheed, would that make you more inclined to listen? Imad Rami, if you remember, was a pop star who made the leap to becoming a munashid quite successfully and to great benefit to his listeners...
I didn't say that the Islam were taken out of the nasheed, rather the Islam was taken out of the singer. And whilst whales are most certainly Muslim, I think their nasheed abilities are somewhat limited... am getting mental pictures of bearded whales.......
I think getting attached to the singer, Muslim or not, is perhaps a personal matter - the problem there would lie fairly and squarely with yourself - we enjoy nasheeds for the meessage. When you start feeling that the carrier of that message is more important than the message, that is most certainly your issue.