Pir Naseer-ud-Din Shah Sahib going mast

i believe qawwali is fully identified with sunnis in this era under the rubric of 'popular islam' (as opposed to taliban/wahabis/deobandi islam).

that clip of pir sayyid naseeruddin naseer :ra: in wajd made my heart leap! especially at 2.31. here is a qawwali written by pir sahib about his great-grandfather [sayyidina mihr ali shah :ra:] and sung by the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

 

I have to admit that nearly everyone i know--scholar and commoner alike--listen to qawwalies. in this matter the ulama of Bareilly Sharif seem to be in a minority in this day and age amongst Sunnis (I'm not saying they're wrong!) There is evidence that the greatest saint --arguably--of the 20th century Pir Sayyid Mihr Ali Shah :ra: also listened to qawwali.

here is aziz mian (ra) singing a beautiful one which was shown on Channel 4 a few years ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMiAIVCbf1w

 

I think Peer Madni Mian Sahib and Hashmi Mian Sahib are in a Qawali tonight in UK, for those who want to go.

 

Abu Hasan, how can you compare people in a Qawwali to a "troupe of transvestites"? That absloutely shocked me and I do not even wish to comment on that.

Anyway many other great astanas also do qawwali, here are the buzurgs of the Ashrafi silsila from Kachucha Shareef in a Qawali:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeUIqNlRaaM

 

ya nizamuddeen mehbubey khuda!
subhanAllah, what a qawali!
it is a mas'ala with different opinions of scholars. one of those opinions is by alahazrat(r).

 

Wow. look at sayyidi ala hazrat's mastery of urdu there and be awed.

 

music is haram.

sama'a is permissible only when both the reciter and the listener are qualified - pious and scholarly.

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i find it revolting when the so-called sama'a is accompanied by music and clapping. astaghfirullah.

 

Pir Naseer-ud-Din Shah Sahib in wajd

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