Nasheed Evening
Qari Naeem Ismail • Masjid al Noor (Lancaster)
🗓️ Saturday 7th March
🕒 After Tarāwīḥ prayer
📍 Masjid al Noor, Lancaster
🔴 Also live on YouTube
🔴 Live on YouTube
For those unable to attend, this nasheed evening will also be broadcast live on YouTube.What is a nasheed evening?
An uplifting gathering of permissible poetry & remembrance — praising Allah, sending ṣalawāt upon the Prophet ﷺ, and softening the heart during Ramadhan.Poetry in praise — from classical sources
1) Qur’ān: poets are not all the same
Allah mentions poets, then makes an exception for those who believe and do righteous deeds (Sūrah al-Shuʿarā’ 26:224–227) — understood by the scholars as allowing poetry that is truthful, beneficial, and upright.
Allah mentions poets, then makes an exception for those who believe and do righteous deeds (Sūrah al-Shuʿarā’ 26:224–227) — understood by the scholars as allowing poetry that is truthful, beneficial, and upright.
2) Principle from the Sunnah
The scholars often cite the meaning: “Poetry is like speech: the good of it is good, and the bad of it is bad.”
Meaning: praise and reminders that are sound in content are praiseworthy; what contains falsehood or sin is blameworthy.
The scholars often cite the meaning: “Poetry is like speech: the good of it is good, and the bad of it is bad.”
Meaning: praise and reminders that are sound in content are praiseworthy; what contains falsehood or sin is blameworthy.
3) Practice of the early Muslims
Nasheeds and poetry were used as a means of encouragement, reminders, and expressing love of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, so long as the content remains within adab and the limits of the Sharīʿah.
Nasheeds and poetry were used as a means of encouragement, reminders, and expressing love of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, so long as the content remains within adab and the limits of the Sharīʿah.