What is the ruling on my brother – who has a beautiful voice and wishes to perform anasheed – dealing with a famous songs and wedding tunes composer who offered to compose the anasheed for him, and what is your guidance for my brother regarding this?

If a nasheed (Islamic vocal music) is composed according to musical tunes and weights, it is considered dispraised and disliked singing by scholars. This is because it falls under the category of artificiality and affectation, which distinguishes dispraised singing from natural, unforced melodies. Dispraised singing relies on the craftsmanship, practice, and learning of specific tunes, unlike what is spontaneous and natural, without artificiality. Scholars such as Ibn Rajab, Al-Qarafi, Al-Shatibi, Ibn al-Hajj, and Ibn Abd al-Barr have emphasized the dislike of this type of singing. They differentiated it from huda' (camel-driving chants) and nasb (folk singing) which were known among Arabs and did not rely on artificial musical tunes and rhythms. Therefore, it is not correct to liken this nasheed to permissible singing. It is incumbent upon whoever has been blessed with a beautiful voice to utilize it in reciting the Quran and calling the adhan (definition), and to avoid engaging with artificial melodic composition due to the potential compromises it may lead to regarding Sharia (definition) rulings.