Difference between poetic recitation and singing Anaasheed

Question:

What are the differences between poetic recitation and singing anaasheed?

Answer:

The recitation of poems differs from the style of singing.

Poems are not recited in groups so as to melodiously beautify them.

Ibnul Jawzi (597 H):

فانظر إلى احتجاج ابن طاهر ما أعجبه كيف يحتج على جواز الغناء بإنشاد الشعر …

[Look at the proof which Ibn Twaahir came forward with; how amazing it is! (Look at) how he uses poetic recitation as a proof to deem singing permissible.

وقد نسي أن إنشاد الشعر لا يطرب كما يطرب الغناء!

He has forgotten that poetry does not emotionally influence (the listener), unlike singing.]

(TALBIIS IBLIIS)

Sheikh Swaalih Al-Fawzaan dire :

إن الأشعار التي كانت تنشد عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلَّم ليست تنشد بأصوات جماعية على شكل أغاني

[The poems that were recited in front of the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) were not recited in congregation ,with many persons reciting at a time, in the form of singing.]

(AL-QAWL-UL-MUFIID, pg 63)

Author: Abu Layla Shabbir

Translator: Nadeem