why should we not give da'wa to a na'at khawan? if Muslims make a mistake, at least we should make the effort to correct them it could be possible that a na'at khawan has been misled. whose job is it to bring him back to the right path? we should at least ask for clarification about someone's acts, to which i see no evidence anyone who joins dr tahir is to be banished? it does not matter if there are hundreds of sunni scholars giving da'wa against dr tahir, there can still be well known people who are misled easily
the least he could have done was come up with his own rhythm rather than stealing it from bollywood (which probably also stole it from hollywood/west)
a Khalifah of Faqih e Millat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zFuZhyWriY http://blessedsummit.com/aboutus-performers.html
the concert thing is already happening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBwCL36fwQQ http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthre...VENT-Voice-of-unity-Nasheed-concert-(NO-MUSIC) http://gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=283289 http://masudblog.com/?p=34 i wait for the day when they call the khutbah's by these people as "performances". maybe then some of our undiscerning youth will not have any doubts any more
i'm just talking generally. we perhaps shouldn't advertise on a poster that a nasheed 'artist' will attend. a nasheed reciter is much better for me. --- as for the fakes: i get your point, AQ, but what message does it give our kids? they will turn up to the masjid for a jalsa and see a nasheed 'artist' and this goes into their subconcious that it's ok to commercialise na'ats etc. it's ok to wear a trendy hat, have a kafir style beard and hold the mic like the kafir popstars and it must be ok because our masjid invited this guy. i was talking about the message it gives to our undiscerning youth... --- i can't wait for the day when a mujahid sunni scholar openly blasts these na'at khwans we invite from pakistan who are only here to make money. but, it's not a one man job anymore. all the ulama need to be united on this and no matter what, they shouldn't invite anyone to a jalsa who isn't 100% sunni, whose beard is short, who sits with sulah kullis or is sulah kulli himself and performs na'ats like it's a pop concert.
i don't. given the times and how much we've been let down in the name of Sunnism, i think it's a great thing. they will at least honestly be saying who they really are i also suggest the following titles: Ash3ari artist Mawlid artist kalam artist 3aqidah artist fiqh artist wa3z artist khutbah artist nasheed artist scholarly performer da3wah artist purification of the heart artist tasawwuf artist interfaith dialogue artist creative writing Islamic scholarly spin-doctor na3t concerts nasheed concerts hadrah concerts ... add more a lot of the "scholarly" people we know in these times are excellent artists and performers. they have made an entire "halal-certified entertainment industry"
is it me being pedantic again or is it better to call na'at and nasheed reciters 'reciters' instead of 'artists' because the latter leads our minds towards pop artists etc.