Remembrance of Allah — Page 28
28 So these are the kinds of poetic couplets that the Holy Prophet s as used to listen to, but how does it become established from these that people used to sit in front of him and sing songs together or dance, or recite poetry about the love of God and that the Companions used to dance thereupon and lose conscious- ness? So all that is being perpetrated these days is an innovation which has become generally widespread. Then, the Holy Prophet s as used to listen to such poetry: For example, a battle is taking place against the disbelievers and to arouse fervour, a Companion recites, ‘This day we will either be victorious or lay down our lives, but we will not retreat! ’ Thus, this argument that since the Holy Prophet s as would listen to poetic verses, so do we listen to them as well, is totally wrong and frivolous. Then, upon listening to such poetic verses, all the behaviour that ensues is totally opposed to the Shariah. No trace of them is found in Islam.