In The Nook with dawud wharnsby: Episode 4 Out Seeing The Fields

[@roseboudelair3729]

Your voice has been a part of my childhood ,teenage years, early adolescence, med school and now professional life. Thankyou for sharing your talent with us,stay blessed.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you for singing along with me over the years! Honoured to have joined you on the journey in some small way. How lovely that you chose a path of providing healing and care to others.

[@whizzkeyz]

Exactly the same here 😂😁 teenage years, med school, and now parenting... Alhamdulillah

[@daboubakr]

Asalamu Alaikum. I’m listening to your newer work I really have missed your beautiful soulful music that with Allahs guidance helped my heart burst with love for our beautiful religion. I wish you would perform at ISNA convention for adults to fall in love with your music again and for our children to hear you

[@roseboudelair3729]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial JazakAllah Khair for taking out the time to reply, means the world to me. Having to see the person you look upto and them reading the impact they've had on you is surreal. Thankyou for sharing your gift of healing through your voice.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@whizzkeyz How wonderful! Congratulations on the journey and your path of service to humanity!

[@saedsomali2383]

I cried seeing you and hearing you again Subhanallah. As Muslim in America you where an integral element of my upbringing Alhamdulilah a true Maverick. I’m at the Kaabah today and will keep you and your family in my prayers inshallah. My kids love you by the way you really transcended time. will we get another episode it’s been 3 years😅 Mashallah Legend.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you so much for your heartfelt note and prayers. Hoping your visit to Makkah has been the source of great inspiration to you. No plans for me to upload any videos any time soon, I am afraid to say, as I have been pretty estranged from writing and singing these past many years. Family is my focus these days. With two teenaged young people in my life, there is so much for me to learn from them and do for them! It is a very exciting time of life for me, growing with my girls. One of my favourite songwriters, Laura Nyro, said it best perhaps when she wrote a song for her son called "To A Child". She said, "I'm so tired, you're so wired, and I'm a poet without a poem and you are my child. / And you are my song, my lovely song." kzbin.info/www/bejne/opvCY6NjbruGiNU

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Dear friends, it has been heartwarming to read your comments ~ thank you for taking the time to drop by and be in touch. If I were to try and do a few more "In The Nook" sessions, perhaps some of you may have suggestions? ...Song tutorials you'd like to see...or questions...or song requests? You've been so kind ~ I wouldn't want to drop the ball for ANOTHER three years!

[@rblythin]

Salams Dawud, thanks for the reply to my post it brightened my day! Alhamdulillah. Two of my favourites are: Rhythm of Surrender and The Veil from your acoustic simplicitea album. I'd love to see a video on one of those or both.

[@talhamesut]

You know what would be amazing, if you show us how you arranged and recorded the harmonies on your songs, especially those from the album “The Prophet’s hands”. The sound, the impact and how beautiful they sounded was and still is unparalleled.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@talhamesut Thank you so much for the suggestion ~ what an idea! I had never thought of doing that. Let me see what I can pull together.

[@Solitude_city]

Can you do ‘Midnight’ please. It’s my favorite song. And please explain the story behind the song, it really intrigues me. Well I love all your songs and nasheeds actually, but Midnight gives me a very special impression.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

​@@Solitude_city Much obliged for your request of "Midnight". Let me add that to the list of suggestions folks have been making. Like most of my songs, "Midnight" is a pretty personal one to me. Though I have no issue with explaining what inspired it, I'd be interested to know how you interpret the words? It always worries me that, if I tell a "story behind a song", I may kill the meaning it has held in someone else life. Perhaps I will include the song's history in my tutorial video for it.

[@AShah1313]

Please continue. I just discovered this hidden gem ❤

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you. Though I only sing these days while I am gardening, there are still many old songs of mine out there on the internet that have not had much circulation. Hoping they continue to provide some enjoyment and inspiration to others.

[@theorangetriangle7316]

I remember listening to you growing up as a child, it brought tears to my eyes hearing 'sing children of the world' again. May Allah grant you jannat al firdaus

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

So honoured that you shared my songs with me as a child ~ and that they bring something special to you now as an adult. Your prayers too are very kind, masha Allah ~ thank you.

[@o2xb]

Man, hearing your voice brings back so many joyful memories growing up in Lancashire, England.I'm 30 years old now having memorized the Quran, graduated in Medicine and Medical Genetics and about to get married iA. After not listening to any of your work for a good 10-15 years, here i am singing along to one of my childhood favourites like "Here I come" 😍 and reminiscing the early years I spent glued to the Quran and listening to your songs.It feels like you dropped from the face of the Earth after those early hits, so it brings me much happiness to see you doing well brother. All the best and may Allah grant you a long and healthy life, bringing joy to humanity and making this world just that extra bit more tolerable. Your brother in Islam, Bilal.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Dear brother Bilal, as salam alaikum. What a lovely note ~ thank you! It is wonderful to hear about your journey and the important paths of service you have chosen ~ medicine and the preservation of the Qur'an. Warmest congratulations on your marriage. May your path forward be one of joy, adventure, romance, peace and rich contentment with your life partner. In no way did I drop off the earth ~ though I wish I could have blasted off of it a few times! (What a crazy race of beings we humans are!) Over the years I simply shifted my energies from songwriting, toward the ever changing needs of my family and local community. It is touching to know that folks like you are still listening to my old songs after so many years. Songs can be wonderfully inspirational. If I had it all to do over again though my brother, honestly, I would have written songs while I did the dishes or cut the grass, and worked harder in school to be a nurse, a doctor or a Firefighter like my father. I would have sang more in the kitchen with my mother before she passed away and put more time into memorizing Quran, instead being a travelling troubadour away from home so much with such little Qur'an in my memory. Allah Alim! All I can say is: thank you for singing along with me and know that this old songwriter is very proud of you for choosing the path you chose to make this world a better place.

[@mowliidmohamed7133]

.🖤 been listening forever.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Dear Mowliid Mohamed ~ as salaam alaikum and thank you so much for sharing these songs with me over the years. Thanks also for being in touch personally to let me know. That is a kind effort I do not take lightly.

[@raerae034]

I vividly remember you visiting my primary school in Bristol many years ago! I remember being so excited after seeing you in the assembly hall saying “I know him! I know him!” to all of my classmates haha 😅 Your nasheeds were a huge part of my childhood! Along with many others! (I really loved your collabs with artists like Zain Bhikha and Native Deen) I’m now 21 years old…Subhan’Allah how time flies! 😪 thank you for being such a huge part of my childhood!!

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you for the delightful trip down memory lane! Indeed, I spent so many wonderful days in Bristol....to this day missing my visits and friends there. For several years in row, I sang at schools in your fair town. How lovely to know that my visits made some ripples in your life and that a few of the songs I shared made it past your ears and into your memory. Ah 21! What a delicious age to be! I recall my 21st year fondly! So much changed for me that year.... with choices I made and paths I ventured down! Embrace this wonderful time in your life my friend!

[@eternalx3237]

Came back after a few years. I don’t know why but I’ve been singing your songs lately to my self😊 your songs are so comforting and every time I hear your voice I remember my childhood. I hope you’re doing well brother.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you for the sweet comment and keeping my old songs alive by singing them to yourself. Hoping the childhood my songs help you remember is full of lovely memories? As for myself, I am keeping well...thank you for asking. Though not as physically spry as I once was, I still muster up enough "get-up-and-go" to garden and get my teenage daughters where they need to be. The world continues to struggle for hope and peace, thus: there is always work that must be done...even if I do it a little more slowly than I once could.

[@AAdresscode]

Dear brother Dawud, I can never listen to a single one of your nasheeds without getting choked up. The meanings run so deep and i grew up listening to you. I now use them to teach poetic technique to my son and daughter who love to sing! My son is musically tallented while i am not but i hope my passion as a teacher makes up for it. I hope they learn to play an instrument as well. Assalamu alaikum

[@sulaimaanamin2983]

It was only yesterday when I heard the blue sky is blue like blue bubble gum, for the first time in 10 years. The memories you gave me, made me shed a tear. Subhanallah, you have the amazing reward of helping so many young Muslims with your nasheeds and guiding them to sirat with your words and reminders. Brother Dawud, I cannot express my love for you enough and I can only make ever more dua for you and thank you for shaping a generation. May Allah preserve you and grant you the highest level of jannah. Ameen

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

What a tremendously moving and kind message. Thank you so much for your love my brother and for taking the time to be in touch. Kindly keep my family and I in your prayers.

[@yasminemerouani7481]

Subhanallah i was basically raised listening to your music/nasheeds now in 24 years old. So good to see you. Time flies so fast. May Allah ruinite all Muslims in paradise. Ameen. Love from a Swedish algerian

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Indeed, time does seem to move so quickly sometimes...and with so much important work to yet to be done in our world! All the more reason for those of like mind, heart and action to stay close in community and keep up the effort of bringing more beauty and justice to this world! Thank you so much for your note my sister.

[@eternalx3237]

This brings back so many memories from my childhood. I’m in my late thirties now and seems like life has just passed by in a flash. I still remember those days as if they were yesterday. Although I have my family now, life is though compared to back then. But, alhamdulillah for everything. I’m a very forgetful person but your songs I will never forget. Just pure and simple.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Warmest thanks Eternalx! Goodness me, you make me feel old!!! Hahahahaha... that's ok. I AM old! Indeed, life has changed so much since the days when I wrote the songs you may recall. What is crazy though, is that: when I think back to many of those old songs, I realize that I was just as concerned back then (in the mid to late 1990's) as I am now about so many of the same issues. And alas, many of those issues have become far worse in our world over the past 25 years. Many times I felt I was just singing into the wind. It comforts me to know that my strains were not lost into the universe...with some, perhaps, still echoing in people's memories and hearts. These days, I have stepped aside from singing "professionally", as I try to follow my heart's passion for "community music" and not "commercial music", religious or otherwise. I write new poems for my daughter's lunch bags each and every day and that brings me joy ~ alhamdulillah. Knowing you still recall my older more "public" songs, brings me joy too. Thank you.

[@adonisss4625]

One Word: Legend

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you so much my friend. You are very sweet. Ask the neighbourhood kids who ring my doorbell and run away at night or yell out "Grandpa!" with giggles as I dig in my front garden. They'll tell you: I’m no legend. Hahahahah! I’m just a little man trying to keep his house in order ~ literally and figuratively ~ so the world may be a bit of a better place for others. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmeVZZ-geqiqpqM

[@straightpathnetworks1658]

Sir, You're a legend. Hats off. Allah bless you with good health and success in hereafter.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thanks my friend.

[@ibrahimmahmud2720]

Brother Dawud insha'Allah you will gain your reward with Allah for touching so many souls here on earth. Peace and blessings to you and your family and may we meet not in this life but maybe in Jannah.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you Ibrahim. Ameen! Peace to you, and your family as well.

[@shaziasoroya5061]

You’re a gem of a person, absolutely cry listening to the nasheeds. It’s echoing and real.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you so much for the kind, kind words and for sharing my songs with me. Crying is such a blessed thing! Philosopher and theologian Nicholas Wolterstorff once wrote, "I shall look at the world through tears. Perhaps I shall see things that dry-eyed I could not see.”

[@m.younis9849]

Brother Dawud.. 10 years ago.. I switched from all the lustful mainstream music.. And your talent was REALLY a saving alternative.. Bought me closer to Allah.. Taught me to get in touch with my soul and buried fetra under all the materialism.. May the Lord reward you for saving a lost teenager back then ❤️❤️❤️

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you so much for reaching out to connect and share your experience. It means a great deal to me knowing that, in some small way, I may have been a part of your journey at such an important time. Please remember my family and I in your prayers, especially during these last 10 special days of Ramadan. Peace my friend.

[@m.younis9849]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial Ok big brother.. I will.. I love you in Allah SO MUCH❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for being you 🌹

[@miski3730]

Assalamu Calaykum Dawud Warnsby, I just want to let you know how your nasheeds shaped my childhood and how I still have them in my memories playlist. Your nasheeds inspired me growing up and they still do. I can’t begin to thank you for all the memories your nasheeds brought to my childhood.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Wa alaikum as salam dear @miski3730 So kind of you, taking the time to post in your comment here ~ thank you. Your words are not taken lightly. Just today, I was out driving to fetch my daughters from school (as I do each afternoon) and an old song came on the radio from my youth. More than the actual words or melody, it was just the overall "sound" that became a conduit to so many memories, mental images, feelings, smells....I felt I was 9 years old again! Scientists and sci-fi enthusiasts have long pondered the mysteries, imaginings and possibilities of time travel: Could we? Would we? Should we? What IF we were to ever venture back into the past or transport to the future... and if, if, if we did...what would the repercussions be? "By the squeezing passage of time through the ages, verily, humankind are in loss...." In some strange, wonderful way, our memories and intuitions hold so much information that remains locked away during our mundane, day-to-day lives. Then, we smell a subtle smell, hear a simple song, taste a food, hold an object or visit a place and suddenly we are transported, in flash, to our past joys or traumas! Such power. The songs and sounds of my youth are treasures to me as well. They enable me to revisit, review and reassess where I have been, where I am and where I long to be in the remaining time I have left alive. It honours me greatly that my old songs may, in some small way, do that for others as well. A million thanks for granting me the privilege of joining you on this life journey. A dear friend wrote to me a few days ago, with a song she penned about her mother who, in her late 70s now, struggles with memory loss and dementia. It is so hard for the family to experience and so hard for the woman herself who becomes confused at how memories from 60 years in the past visit her, while morning breakfast is a blur. Hold your memories and childhood sacred my friend! Write those memories down and capture that childhood, maybe through your own songs or poems, to be shared with friends and family members. You can be sure I will be keeping your post here as a treasured note (as I do with all the posts people write to me). Peace, Dawud

[@MMMM-ud8ge]

I met you once in Manchester and Newcastle back in the day... A good 20 years ago! How time flies. What a great guy you are ❤️. I love the positivity you have. And man all the nostalgic feelings I'm getting from hearing your voice. Thanks for all the inspirational messages you put in your work through the years and all the hours and time you spent recording various tracks. Recently my daughter also learned your rendition of Cat Stevens classic: silent sunlight ☺️ and became her favourite lullaby after previously the little bird song!

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Hi MM, hope you are well and thank you for posting. Manchester and Newcastle 20 years ago…wow! Where do two decades of time go? Now you have a little one of your own, masha Allah. Congratulations. Thank you for sharing my songs with me over the years and thank you even more for singing them yourself now to your own daughter. It is wonderful how certain songs can take us back in time by triggering our memories. It is probably why songs have been used for thousands of years to pass along stories from generation to generation. And “Silent Sunlight” ~ what lovely lyrics and a lovely melody it has! It is one of my most favourite songs by Yusuf/Cat Stevens and I was so honoured that Yusuf supported me in recording my own version. “Don’t ever look behind at the work you’ve done, for your work has just begun.” Any good gardener, parent, chef or artist knows that truth all to well I suppose. Enjoy the moments singing lullabies and opening up your children to beautiful sounds, stories and vibrations. Please keep in touch as life’s journey carries on.

[@MMMM-ud8ge]

Wow what a lovely heart warming message ❤️. Thanks for taking all this time to write this. I have so many memories with your songs. I still remember eagerly checking good old sound vision website with my 56k modem! to see when your next album would be released back in the days 😂 The first album I heard on a summer camp being scanned the sky! then hunting down a shop determined to buy it with my limited source of a teenager's income and then playing it to every single family member and friend on my cassette player. A whisper of peace travelled with me on my Walkman when I went abroad and kept me sane. Alhamdulillah I can now relive and share these happy memories with my two little bundles of joy! Thanks again for all these great songs and for writing this message. These songs enabled me to leave a troubled scene that had messages that were harming my soul and alternatively provide me with messages on your songs full of positivity and love. My heart is full of prayers for you. Wish you all the success in this world and the hereafter ♥️

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@MMMM-ud8ge What delightful memories! 56K modems and cassette Walkmans! Ah, the good old days! Thank you for sharing and for keeping my family and I in your prayers.

[@fazlesaifullah]

Mashallah ♥️ simple yet sounds perfect. Love this song. When I go out for walks after Fajr it reminds me of this song, very relatable

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you so much my friend. Enjoy those early morning walks!

[@billgreen3046]

Salam wa alakum wrb also from my childhood now to my 4 children on our car journeys to our days of eid in the house we are playing your amazing songs. The thing that really upsets me is that when I show most brothers your songs they are really impressed but haven't heard your songs before. I think no where near enough work has been done to allow the ummah to benefit from your amazing song and lyrics. Dawud your an absoulte legend. My father is Abduraheem Green. Cousin is Haris j he told me about his little meeting with you.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Salams my brother Bill! Thank you for popping in to drop a note, for sharing my old songs with your young ones and for still singing along with them on your road trips. Masha Allah! That's all any songwriter could ask for! Perhaps I myself am to blame for the fact that my old songs are not circulated as aggressively as the songs of other muslim singers. Commercial music ~ secular or otherwise ~ has never been my cup of tea. Over the past thirty years I have intentionally avoided signing contracts with muslim pop music labels or financial backers, working with agents, making videos or even using social media very much. There were times over the years when I tried those things...because I listed to the wrong advice, the wrong voice in my head or just to see how it all felt...but those things never felt right for me at all. I'm not saying they are "not right", I am just saying, they were not right for "me". I am happier to know my songs are floating around in the cars of families like yours, being sung in primary schools around the world and finding their ways into the lives of people organically. Please pass my sales to your father and cousin...your whole family for that matter! Please ask them to remember me in their prayers and my brother...keep singing! This world needs the beauty of people's voices raised in song now more than ever! My old voice is not that strong anymore on its own I am afraid.

[@abdullahrashid7385]

I spent a long time searching for any new uploads because I wanted to feel a sense of nostalgia from my childhood. I came across a gem mashaallah

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you so much my friend. Such an honour that my songs were a part of your childhood! Keep well.

[@theillusionlotus6145]

i was travelling around with my mom i remembered your music. wings against my window on cassete. when i got older i just remembered the sound and i had finally found the song. thank you for being part of my childhood.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your memories and for contacting me. Keep travelling with your mom as long and as far as you can through life and keep singing along! Perhaps she sang to you when you were a child? You may need to sing to her one day too to bring her comfort! Peace always, your brother Dawud.

[@justinhertwig5993]

Your words and music have inspired me so much through the years. You are my favourite musical artist. Thank you for creating such beautiful music.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Hi Justin! Thank you for your comment and for taking the time to post it. Your words mean a great deal to me and I do not take them lightly. That said, it is always hard for me to hear such positive feedback ~ perhaps because there are so many other wonderfully talented writers and musicals who have inspired ME over the years, that it is difficult for me to imagine my little songs playing any significant role in the lives of people who hear them. These days I have been trying to come to terms with all that. My beard is pretty grey and my pen has been pretty dusty lately, I am sad to admit. But I do have a few old albums and books in bits and pieces that were never published or released. Perhaps one day I will revisit them, if for no other reason than to give as gifts of thanks to folks like you who have been with me over the years. Peace, dawud

[@justinhertwig5993]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial Wow! Thank you for writing back! Your music has played such a major role through my life. I was introduced to your music as a teen by friends from Waterloo. I ordered Blue Walls and the Big Sky from CDBaby when I was in high school and was just hooked. Continued to follow your music. When I first saw a video of you singing The Truth that Lies Inside in a Masjid it brought me to tears. I don't think there is a single song written that has hit me so hard and that I felt I truly related to on a deep level. It remains my favourite song. The Beautiful Story of Yusuf, The Letter, and Another Day were another three that really stuck with me and I find myself singing at times. I more recently heard Welcome to the I.C.E. for the first time and just loved it. Loved that duet with Raef All About Me, too. Anyways I have been a fan for twenty years and always wanted the opportunity to tell you how much your music has meant to me. It has got me through some very rough times. But I'm in a good place and a father now and my son and I listen to your songs together. Thank you so much. Jazakallahu Khairun.

[@justinhertwig5993]

How could I write all that and not mention Education and the Working Man. That first drew me in and when I lived in Moosonee where we would daily wait at the docks for the "boat man" to take us across the river to Moose Factory Island, I would often break out into that song. So my wife is very familiar with it. Anyways thank you for taking the time to read and reply and for all the years of wonderful music you filled my life with. Please release that unreleased content! I am already excited!

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@justinhertwig5993 Goodness me! How incredible that you have even heard the "Blue Walls" songs! What you wrote about "Education and the Working Man" took me back to my late teens. I had almost forgotten about that song...especially since I rarely go back and re-listen to my albums. It is crazy that, even after all these years, I still feel the same way about technological progress, education and the cycles of trauma that often carry on within families. How incredible that you made the song a part of your life in Moosonee! ...and "Welcome to the I.C.E."! Oh how that song has caused me grief whenever I have re-entered the USA over the past twenty years! Recently I was about to pull it off-line as it gets so few listens... yet causes me such grief! Hahahahaha... Happy that you are singing along with it! These days, generally I find the CBP officers much more welcoming and polite.

[@fendrri]

What a beautiful song Dawud. God bless you.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

...and what a lovely note and kind sentiments you took the time to post! Thank you. Blessings to you as well.

[@zairaali2733]

It is such an honor to be a part of your KZbin channel. Alhumdulillah. 😇🤲 Salaam

[@ahmadmasarani6185]

Love seeing you Dawud. Much love ❤️❤️

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you Ahmad.

[@HusaynZaguru]

My all time fav....my prayers are with you. Still praying to see you one day!

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you my brother. So meaningful to have been in your life for so many years. May you stay ever inspired ~ insha Allah!

[@HusaynZaguru]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial In your words...Peace Always!!!

[@tahir7048]

Asalaam Alaykum my dearest brother Dawud. I happened to come across this today and after reading the comments felt I had to get in touch with the hope you will InshaAllah reply. I, like many here have grown up listening to your Nasheeds. I started listening to Nasheeds back in 2004 and the one Nasheed I listen to over and over again and get my kids to now listen to is "sunshine dust and the Messenger". Whenever I would listen to that and close my eyes I felt the words feel so real. I would listen to that in the morning, with the sunshine hitting my face and eyes closed. Your are a part of my journey in Islam and now also my children's journey. May Allah swt protect you and your family and InshaAllah one day we meet. Your brother Tahir

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Wa alaikum as salam dear Tahir, thank you for taking the time to drop me a line. It always means so much to me when I hear from others who have found a little comfort in some of the songs I've written over the years. "Sunshine Dust and The Messenger" was written about 24 years ago. The exact moment the idea came to me is still very clear in my head and was similar to the image you described. Indeed, we all walk our own journeys and it is wonderful when our paths intersect or travel parallel to each other from time to time. How beautiful too that you have felt my songs appropriate to share with your children now as well. What an honour ~ thank you for sharing them! Please pass along my greetings and salams to your young ones. Do try, if and when you are able, encouraging them toward writing their own journals, poems , stories and songs. Listening to songs can be good for the heart, and writing is good for the mind. Surah "Iqra" begins with the command to "Read/Recite", but it continues on reminding us that God has also taught us the use of the "Pen". Change of heart can come through what we learn, but change of the world for the better must come through the hands, insha Allah. Please do keep in touch and please remember my family and I in your prayers.

[@missyR9]

Amazing

[@ListenWhilesleeping]

It’s been 3 years Dawud. Where are you? 😊

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

😁 So sorry... I really dropped the ball this time didn't I! Missed my "three year" youtube post deadline! Where am I these days? Well, where I am "at" creatively is a space where I feel I haven't such to say these days and have been trying to just "listen" more than sing, so I am just caring for my family and my garden. Geographically: my family and I moved to Nashville, TN, USA from Canada two years ago.

[@ListenWhilesleeping]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficialwell your nasheeds are missed and your online presence is being missed also. Love from a lifelong fan 😊

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

​@@ListenWhilesleeping Thank you so much for your sweet support and encouragement. In our times, there so much content being put out on-line every second, it's overwhelming! ....tiktoks and podcasts and KZbin uploads coming at us from all directions! Lately, I just don't know what to say anymore...not sure what the world really needs me to say or would want me to say, if anything! One of my inspirations, singer and social activist Pete Seeger, once pulled some words from the Book of Ecclesiastes and wove them into a song called "Turn Turn Turn". One line from the original text reads, "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens....a time to keep silence, and a time to speak". These days are perhaps just my time to keep silent until I feel I have something worthwhile to offer up. In recent years I have been using my voice to help the good folks at Muslim Network TV ...and encouraging my daughters to write and sing. It may be quiet from side of the mountain, but I am still puttering along. It is so wonderful to engage with folks like you so meaningfully. Thank you. If you have a hour or so and have any inclination, check out this film about the fellow who inspired me to sing and serve since I was a kid. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eavOY5ugabt8ick

[@m4rycm]

Asalaamualaikum brother Dawud, I just want to express that i am so grateful to have grown up with your songs/nasheeds. i am 18 now, and a university student, but every now and then i come back and re-listen to all of your work. they will always have a special place in my heart, especially with everything going on in the world, they offer me immense comfort and happiness. you have the most beautiful voice i have ever heard and I love that you use it for good. may Allah grant you the highest level of jannah. i truly am just so grateful for all your work. Your sister in Islam, Maryam

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Wa alaikum as salam dear sister Maryam, what a lovely note! Thank you so much for taking the time to contact me. Sorry that I have no direct contact email on my website... I used to, but began finding it very hard to keep up with folks notes and letters. Songs were never problematic for me to write, but letters take me so much time! Nobody ever heard my spelling mistakes when I sang...but when I write emails or letters! Whoosh! What a mess! :) You have inspired me to perhaps put a contact page up on my site again as a means of staying in touch with others. These KZbin platforms are not quite conducive to meaningful communication. In any event, I was very touched to read your note and was even a little surprised, as my old songs are not circulated very widely anymore. Sometimes it feels as if those songs were written by somebody else... or as if they were sucked into a time warp somehow and burned out like old stars. Knowing that young folks like you have kept them burning in your hearts and minds means SO much to me...especially given the tests our world is facing during this increasingly troubled times. There is always so much work to be done in this world toward increasing hope, peace, justice and care... May you be a strength to this world my sister, finding purpose and passion in your studies as you grow to serve humanity with your unique talents! Keep this old Don Quixote in your prayers along the way as I too try my best to carry on. My pen does not wag much these days I am sorry to say… but I do continue to till and plant and grow in other ways.

[@m4rycm]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial thank you for taking the time to reply it means a lot🥰! I think a contact email would be a great idea, or even a social media page - although I don’t blame you for not entering the world of social media haha. But to be fair, contacting you now isn’t too bad considering that you’re still active, seeing and replying to comments, so there’s no stress to do either :) I will always come back and listen to and admire your wonderful work. Your songs have been with me for this long so I don’t think I could ever forget. Thank you for your kind words! I’ll keep you in my prayers, to you I may just be a stranger on the internet, but you have played a part in my life I will always be grateful for! May we meet in Jannah so I can thank you in person :) ❤️

[@hakunamatata6854]

You have one of the most beautiful voices. Mashallah. We still have your CDs that we play in our car.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

That is so kind of you to say my friend ~ thank you. Isn’t it amazing how every voice is so different and unique to each individual? They are all like music to me. I especially love to hear the voices of little kids and elderly people. They have so much “character”. It is a relief that you don’t mind hearing my old voice on your car CD player. Oh how I feel sorry for some parents who’s children enjoy the same songs on car rides over and over and over again… driving them bonkers! If my voice ever starts to drive you nuts toss my CD under the car seat and put on some Don McLean ~ his voice and lyrics inspired me a lot when I was a young.

[@hakunamatata6854]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial We've had your CD for years, I think it's the 'Sunshine, Dust and The Messenger' one. My dads been playing that in the car ever since I was young and now I get him to put it on. What's your plans for the future? Are you going to tour in the UK?

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

​@@hakunamatata6854 After over 26 years, I still work with SoundVision.Com, producing educational materials for children. Last summer we rebooted the popular Adam’s World series as an App and I recorded about 25 new songs for those on-line episodes. They may be out on streaming services in coming months too, God willing. Sound Vision have also recently produced lovely videos for over 30 of my older songs! There are several albums worth of unheard songs sitting in my studio ~ recorded in bits and pieces. Time has just not permitted me to really finish them for release. Perhaps one day they may reach the world. At present though, my life is pretty absorbed with care for my daughters and my aging father.

[@RaefMusic]

Well I'm here for it Dawud! Take your sweet time, i'll be here waiting, as always :) Much Love from maryland

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Missing you and our travels my brother. Will follow up with you in more detail soon. Loving the new songs at kzbin.info/door/IDYe6rgdROl77DDevNIcPA

[@maryamadam8131]

The best OG lyricist !! your words speak to me in a way that no other poetry does, thank you thank you thank you - with 'out seeing the fields' you can see such a beautiful natural progression, and wow the things you speak about in 'the truth that lies inside' is such a conversation starter, could write essays on why your lyrics are so profound, mA you truly have a gift, and I hope the Dawah that you've done through your work lives on

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Dear Maryam, greetings of peace and thank you for such supportive and gracious words about my songs. You are far too kind ~ masha Allah. It really means a lot to me that you feel a song like “The Truth That Lies Inside” would make a good “conversation starter”. The idea that one of my songs could inspire conversations between others, is a dream come true for me. Conversations are so important. Our world needs far more conversations and far less shouting, ranting, gossiping, backbiting, scolding, judging and complaining. In fact, as I write those words I realize how many of those negative things I still fall into doing. Please remember me in your thoughts, prayers and “conversations”, with hopes that I may write more songs and engage less in all those vices I listed above!

[@minahilmustafa3027]

Waiting for episode 5 to come out about now insha Allah

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Sorry to disappoint, but sadly, no new episodes in the pipeline.

[@minahilmustafa3027]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial nothing to apologize for! Thank you for everything that you do 💖

[@LaVidaEsBonita7]

I don't play guitar but still watched this video, intrigued by how this beautiful song comes together. It has a profound meaning to me and it would be an absolute dream to hear it played live one day. Thank you for sharing your talent with us, Dawud. Warmest wishes and duas to you and your family.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Greetings of peace RH. Thanks for your kind note and dua's. Happy to hear that Out Seeing The Fields resonates with you in some way. It is always wonderful to see how people interpret poetry and songs, adapting them to their own circumstances and lives. Would love to sing it with you one day. Until then, thanks for listening and sharing it with me.

[@خلودالزهراني-و1ث]

I love you and i love your songs since I was a little girl. I remember i was hoping and dreaming to see you in almasjed alharam in makkah cuz i thought this place isthe only place we could ever met

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Greetings of peace خلود, it always means so much to me when I hear from young people like yourself who still hold a place in their memories and hearts for songs I wrote so long ago...back when I was a younger fellow myself! May your delightful dream come true one day ~ God willing. Until then, always remember: we all share this planet, which (in the grand scheme of things) is a very tiny little speck of sand in the universe. We're all closer, more connected and more related than we realize sometimes. You heard my songs when you were young ~ before KZbin or even internet for that matter. Now, here we are ~ connecting! Please keep my family and I in your prayers, stay strong, keep hoping and dreaming and singing along! Your positive voice and actions in this tiny world will make their way to me, just as my old songs made their way to you without me knowing or trying!

[@purpleocean4806]

Wow how wonderful. My daughter loved your nasheeds. We were looking for one of the nasheeds (Box) and we found this tutorial. She is learning guitar so wow, so nice to get your insights for a budding player

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Delightful! Thank you so much for sharing my songs with me and taking the time to drop me a note. Hope this tutorial comes in hand with your daughter's guitar practice. For so long I have had hopes, plans and intentions of updating these tutorials more regularly ~ at one time even taking requests for future videos! Alas, the last few years I was unable to make that happen due to pressing family needs and changes. Perhaps in 2023 I may be able to come out of hibernation and reconnect with folks like yourselves a little more diligently. If that happens, are there any songs you daughter may be interested in learning form me on-line?

[@umayerrr]

Dear favorite artist, please upload videos more often. We really love your poems and music. Have a blessed life with your family. Love and Salam from Bangladesh

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you so much my friend. Please do remember my family and I in your prayers. Masha Allah! Such an honour to have a note of support all the way from Bangladesh!

[@asrahafeez46]

So I came here after "Allah knows" your vocals are simply love

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

So happy that you have been enjoying "Allah Knows". Zain has been a dear, close friend of mine for over twenty years and that song holds so many wonderful memories for us. Thank you for your sweet note and for taking the time to be in touch with me.

[@raphaelfernandes7329]

You're absolutely amazing, Dawud. Congratulations! Love your songs, your message to the world. In fact, you really inspired me to start writting my own stuff and recording a couple of home demos of your songs as well. Thank you so much for that! Greetings from Rio, Brazil. Oh, and yes, I would LOVE to learn Hold The Stage, one of my favorite songs.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you Raphael for the delightful comment. It would be wonderful to hear you cover one of my songs! It would be even better to hear something original from you! As for "Hold The Stage"~ thanks for the suggestion. I'll see if I can get a tutorial made for that tune in coming months. Stay safe and stay inspired.

[@syedmuhammadyusufal_attas4488]

من تريم، حضرموت. جزاكم الله خيرا كثيرا. Very very nice. Love it. Thank you.

[@rexisretro]

Salam brother dawud wharnsby. ive been moved by your writing as far as my memory really even goes back. i wanted to ask about my favorite song/nasheed of yours called afraid to read, if theres anything you could share about writing it. it hit really close to home. especially when id hear it again after a long period of time, more and more relating to the lyrics as i grow into an adult

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Salams @rexisretro thank you for being in touch, sharing my songs with me over the years and for your question about "Afraid To Read". It was written back in the late 1990's when I was about 25 or 26 years old...I'd have to dig back through my journals from those days to find out exactly when. The lyrics were based on three real scenarios from life at that time. 1) A dear family member of mine, living abroad, embraced The Qur'an. I had visited her months earlier and left a copy of the Qur’an with her when she asked me why I had made the decision to try and adjust my life to it's teachings. She told me that, for the longest time after I left, she couldn't bring herself to read it because all of our discussions about its teachings had already caused her to feel inclined toward it. She said she was "afraid to read it" because she knew if she liked what she read, she'd feel responsible to embrace it and put it into practice. That step filled her with self-doubt. After much time and personal inner conflict, she did read it, embraced its call and began to shape her life to its teachings. 2) A discussion with a young man I had, wherein he spoke about how he could not connect with his parents culturally or spiritually and often found himself out late at night with friends, sometimes engaging in self destructive activities. He told me how he'd come home late at night and feel badly for letting himself and his parents down, but did not know how to begin making more positive changes in his life or communicate effectively with his folks. He said, he "feared reading the Qur'an" because he knew that, reading it would confirm a path for him that he felt too emotionally fragile to handle. He would place the Qur'an under his pillow before he went to sleep as a way of trying to "get physically closer to it”. 3) Home computers and internet were beginning to quickly find their way into the average home during the days when I wrote "Afraid To Read". I had acquired my first used PC in the spring of 1998 and was quickly on-line setting up email accounts and posting to, what we used to call, “Chat Forums". Sound Vision, the educational media company I began working at the time (who've helped me distribute my songs now for over thirty years!) had a website with a chat forum, where people could interact and communicate....as we are doing here now on KZbin. Though it was wonderful to connect with others who had been listing to my songs around the world, it was also overwhelming. So many people opened up their lives to me and shared their personal stories with me....I was an emotional wreck! I tried to be a support for so many, but felt so helpless being just a "virtual friend". I also quickly saw the dangers of User Names and pseudonyms that enabled people to voice their hate of others on-line with little responsibility or repercussion. On the up-side, we were seeing the building of international connectivity and "communities" of like minded people suddenly being able to connect directly. On the downside, our "relationships" were quickly becoming virtual and void of human contact or basic respect. The direction of the technology began to worry me, perhaps much the same way AI's rapid progress is now topic of global concern. I have never been a fan of rapid change or vain mechanical or technological initiatives. One of my favourite books since childhood has been “Frankenstein Or The Modern Prometheus” and I, very much, saw the direction of technology in the 1990s as akin to the monster created in that novel. The last straw came when I found myself sending emails to my family instead of just picking up the phone to call them or better yet, pop over to see them! I realized that I was falling down the rabbit hole of technology in a way that I was not comfortable with. Wowers! And that was waaaaaaay before platforms like KZbin, My Space, Facebook, Twitter/X, TikTok, Instagram....!! Here we are now, a quarter of a century later. The song still rings true for me now and, in fact, my passion for the subject matter has only grown. I am still personally, so afraid to read. Why? Perhaps it is because it is so hard these days to trust the authenticity of what we read. Perhaps it is because I doubt my strength and ability to act upon what wisdom I do come across in things I may read. Perhaps it is because I will be even more afraid than I was almost 30 years ago to read my life's account one day! Now that you've helped me reflect a little more deeply, perhaps I may just open a book and ready this evening, to face these fears head on once again. Thank you my friend.

[@sound_knowledge0]

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatu brother Dawud. It's nice to see you're still around. You've definitely been part of my childhood and I'm sure many continue to benefit from your nasheeds. As I'm here I'd like to give some advice. I'm sure you've heard it many times and you may have already made your personal judgements concerning it, but as Muslims we only want what's best for each other so I'll continue to give the reminder so that you and others reading will also benefit, in'sha'Allah. I will say it bluntly, *give up musical instruments for the sake of Allah.* It may not be easy and may seem even impossible since music is everywhere and promoted by the entire world, but the reward for struggling fi sabeelillah (for the sake of Allah), especially for something as difficult as giving up music, is greater than any pleasure music gives you and better than anything anyone can ever offer you. You will find peace and tranquility in your life and you may not even desire to return to music once you give it up. Music is just a temporary past-time and pleasure, similar to alcohol, cigarettes, etc. You feel the pleasures of it but don't recognize how it harms you, and that's from the deception of Shaytan that he makes music sound sweet and innocent so we won't recognize its harms. Music harms your relationship with Allah; it messes with your emotions and distracts you from remembering Him and thus prevents you from attaining inner peace. Allah tells us in the Qur'an (translation): "Those who believed (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism), and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allâh: verily, in the remembrance of Allâh do hearts find rest." (13:28) and "And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed [i.e., difficult] life, and We will gather [i.e., raise] him on the Day of Resurrection blind." (20:124) Your nasheeds with simply your voice was melodious enough, and I'm sure your recitation of the Qur'an is much better. If you love music, check your relationship with the Qur'an, the Speech of our Creator in which nothing can ever compare to. Do you find yourself distanced from the Qur'an and not enjoying its recitation? Do you find yourself struggling to memorize the Qur'an and retain the ayaat in your memory? Are you struggling to concentrate in Salah because the sounds of music are constantly playing in your head, as well as struggling with other acts of worship? You don't need to answer these questions on here, but it's just something to reflect on. A great scholar of this deen, Ibn al Qayyim, once said, "Never do the love of music and the love of Qur'an come together in a person's heart except that one expels the other." Whatever opinion we have, it's not above the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), in which he said, "Among my ummah there will certainly be people who permit zina, silk, alcohol and musical instruments…" (Narrated by al-Bukhari ta’liqan, no. 5590). May Allah protect us from being among those who permit those which are impermissible in our deen. There's a brother on KZbin named Abu Eesa Umar Debois, a former Defjam artist who reverted to Islam and gave up music, in which he advises to try to test yourself by stop listening to music at least for a couple of days or a week and replace it with the Qur'an. See how your heart feels and consider whether or not you really need music in your life, and whether music is really going to help you come closer to Allah to attain the eternal pleasures in Jannah. Maybe you can try that in'sha'Allah. You don't need to respond but just hoping you will give this comment some consideration. I sincerely ask Allah to guide you, me, and the entire Ummah to that which is pleasing to Him. May Allah rectify all of your affairs. Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatu.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thanks for sharing your opinion. My opinion on the matter is clearly defined through my body of work stretching back over thirty years. It's a moot point to discuss anyway, as I have stepped away from sharing any of my artistic expressions publicly for several years now ~ with guitar or without guitar. Peace, Dawud

[@MoonTreeMusic]

So nice to see you back in action! Keep the videos coming. 🙂

[@saraha8156]

Asalamualaykum. masha allah, your still singing. This is great. You have a lot to offer, I’m glad to see that your active. I remember listening to you at a very young age, bring me memories. So... *clears throat nervously*... people misunderstand comments related to music being impermissible and dismiss them as extreme and harsh but I truly want what’s best for all so here it goes (try understanding me). The best thing I suggest is to communicate with a knowledgeable individual (of Islam, like a scholar) who knows better than you and I, to discuss the permissibility of musical instruments if you haven’t already. In reality there are mainstream opinions or majority if you like, with clear cut rulings on musical instruments. I have enjoyed listening to your nasheeds. I really pray for the best. Anyone can change, so if you ever decide to cut out instruments, just know that it’s achievable, your voice can do enough to make a great song . I’d like to know what you think of what has been said, so feel extremely welcome to reply. Quite a long comment I realise

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Wa alaikum as salam dear Sarah, never any need to be nervous about politely speaking what’s on your mind as a means of learning, growing, sharing or hoping to better the world in some way. Your message means a great deal to me and I am glad you took the time to drop me a line. As I am sure you can imagine, after almost thirty years as a muslim (blessed with the opportunities of travelling extensively and learning from some very dear, knowledgeable and humble mentors and religious scholars) my studies of “music” in relation to Qur’anic philosophy and fiq, have been quite extensive. Though I respect your viewpoint (which, as you say, has been an accepted viewpoint for centuries), I take a slightly different viewpoint which has also been accepted by muslim scholars for centuries. (The world’s first “music conservatory” was actually establish by Abu l-Hasan Ali Inboxed Nafi, better known as Zirabin Spain during the early 800's.) One thing we can both agree on is that: the true tradition of sacred “nasheed” is rooted in the human voice and simple percussion. Knowing that many muslims around the world (like you, perhaps) prefer to embrace such traditional spiritual music, I would estimate that about 80 - 85 percent of the songs I have recorded were all produced with the use of only the voice and simple percussion. In fact, out of 20 some-odd albums I have produced, only about 4 use full instrumentation! Recently I gave an interview to a Canadian Muslim magazine and wrote a great deal about the tradition of “nasheed”, how I feel about the current trends of muslim pop music and where I see myself on the playing field of commercial music industry. Perhaps you may want to give it a read? It is on my website here wharnsby.com/2021/05/16/eid-mubarak-2021-interview-with-dawud/

[@talhamesut]

Great to see you back in the nook! :D

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you Talha.

[@rblythin]

Assalam alaykum Dawud. Nice to see you back!, this series always makes me want to dust off my electric bass and jam with some arpeggios :). We have much in common: I reverted as well back in 1999 when I was 20. Two of my closest friends are from south africa and I live in southern ont too. It warms my heart when you and Zain Bhikha are able to get together, the canadian/south african bond is certainly very special!. I hope you and the family are keeping well and safe inshaAllah, quite the snow storm recently eh. I hope to get the chance to see you play live one of these years. Warm salams from niagara falls :)

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Wa alaikum as salaam Rick! I'm trying to figure out how it has taken 22 years for us to "meet", with so much in common and both of us living yelling distance apart! I had an aunt in Niagara Falls I visited from time to time and passed through your area almost every week during the days when I would fly out on tours from Buffalo airport. Then again, I moved from Canada in the early 2000's and was away for good ten years. In any event, pleasure to make your acquaintance now! Keep slappin' that bass my brother!

[@wisdomest]

fabulous 👏 excited seeing you again

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you so much Kani.

[@lisasharonkhodjet-kesba1754]

Masha Allah nice to have you back my friend

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Masha Allah, nice of a friend like you to always HAVE my back sister!

[@lisasharonkhodjet-kesba1754]

👋👋👋👋a wave from far away

[@lisasharonkhodjet-kesba1754]

While I'm sitting on a bench contemplating out seeing the trees

[@Pearl-dv4og]

Salaam Dawud hope your doing well. We used to listen to this exact song while we lived in Pakistan and it is still incredibly nostalgic for me all these years later having grown up. Thank you for the music, it adds a little extra to the good memories.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Wa alaikum as salam dear Pearl! How wonderful that you listened to this song while in Pakistan! I never knew this particular tune had much circulation there. Ah, I too have such fond memories of my time living in Pakistan, moving there shortly after this song was recorded. God willing, I will get back again in the year ahead. Thanks you for sharing your memories my friend. Allah hafiz.

[@AZ-xi8ng]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial I cant wait for new nasheeds from you next year Akhi. Keep the work up brother . Salam

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@AZ-xi8ng Thank you my friend. Though I am still on a hiatus from recording and travelling to sing, there are quite a number of songs for children I have recorded over the last ten years that have not ever been released to on-line streaming services. We'll see if those can make their way on-line at some point ~ God willing.

[@afnanadnan2055]

Salaams Eid Mubarak ✨✨ I wish you and your family a wonderful wonderful Eid 💛 I read the post on your website , I won't deny .. I was really sad reading it, but I truly truly respect your decision whatever it is. But I want to tell you something that's in my heart since the first time I heard your music , and I hope I will be able to deliver my feelings. When I was a little child , I was used to have a dream that would come to me so many times, and it was very beautiful dream , but when I wake up , I just forget everything in it , and the only thing that remains is a picture that flashes my mind very quickly. I tried a lot to remember something from that dream , but it didn't work. but one day when I heard your voice, and your music, this beautiful dream showed to me so clearly..like magic ! it was like I'm in a very beautiful place, like if it's paradise , enjoying the breeze of nature , and feeling nothing but peace. and only your voice, and your music can bring me that dream or that feeling, so I'm very grateful for that. your voice shines light (literally ,that's what I feel) ✨ and your music flows magically , and brings peace to my soul. and your lyrics just defines me. these are my sincere feelings . sorry for making this too long , but I really needed to express those feelings. thank you so much 💛 your songs will always be in my heart. I wish you a happy, comfortable and peaceful life. and I hope I could meet you one day. stay safe, and may Allah protect you. [Oh and sorry for any mistake in my English]

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you so much taking the time to reach out. Your message was so touching, masha Allah. It really meant so much to me. Perhaps it is that, All That Is Divine, weaves and interweaves throughout this world: connecting people with people, and people with nature, and nature with people... "invisible thread" (I call it) binding us all to each other and our world and to The Creator. Perhaps it is that, similar minds, hearts and spirits find connection and compassion and connectivity to each other, regardless of where they are geographically or even in time and space. Though I may not be out and about as much anymore with a social media presence, music videos or live concerts, just remember that I am still breathing, working, praying, thinking...and yes, even singing from time to time... in this world with you, regardless of where we are. As long as we all keep breathing, working, thinking, praying and singing... we will stay connected and benefit from each other. Please keep singing, listening and remember me in your prayers my friend. One day, we will meet, insha Allah, and sing together!

[@ed7549]

You came to my school in Bristol, England about a decade ago. Just remembered your name. Just stopping in to let you know you had an impact outside of Canada. I fondly remember your live version of "Midnight". Glad to see you looking well.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Hey Ed from Bristol! What wonderful memories I have from your lovely city. Indeed, I spent a lot of time there back in the mid 2000’s ~ especially in schools. What a tremendous honour that you remembered my songs and me. Thank you so much for taking the time to drop me such a kind note of encouragement. So often we wonder if the efforts we make in this world really make a difference. When we take the time to connect with each other ~ as you did by posting here ~ it reminds us of just how far the ripples of our efforts can go. That gives us hope to keep going! How about you? Hoping you are well. What’s your passion? Do you write? Sing? Make music? Fix cars? Create video games? Study? Travel?

[@leenadrawz7860]

Salam, Brother. In the MiniMuslims version of your song, Days of Eid, I could just hear the autotune in your voice. I was reminded of how big of a role that voice had played in my childhood. While I miss your music, I wish you rest. Inshallah you get it. Edit: I stand corrected. That was not his voice.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Greetings of peace and thank you for your message. Happy to know that you have heard the new Minimuslims version of "Days of Eid". The voices in the track are not mine, but those of singer/songwriter Reaf and his talented group of young singers. These days I only sing while I am gardening. Your kind words and wishes are much appreciated. God Bless!

[@leenadrawz7860]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to this. It means a lot to me that a man I saw as a king throughout my childhood, and still do, replying to a comment I made on an old video. I hope you understand that out there are at least several hundred children you raised, who are now grown up with the fond memories of your music.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@leenadrawz7860 Thank you so much my friend. Please remember my family and I in your prayers.

[@leenadrawz7860]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial inshallah I will.

[@ambreenhala8030]

It's really nice to see you after a very long time. I still can't forget the day I met you. Good Work! #Peace

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

What a pleasure to hear from you! Thank you for dropping me a note my sister. Hoping you too are staying creative and inspired as you fill Pakistan's Radio airwaves with your joyful personality! Alas, I miss living in Pakistan SO much!

[@ambreenhala8030]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial I really happy to see that u responded to my message. I can't believe u remember me. It's really an honor, would love to have you on my show once again n have a live session where I can listen to your beautiful voice n heart touching words. I would love to speak with you. Kindly tell me how to contact. Thanks! God Bless You... #Peace

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@ambreenhala8030 Thank you. Is there a general email address at your radio station I may use to imitate contact?

[@user-user-user-user.]

As if today we have another year and a half until the next update. See ya then 😊

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

You know me too well. ;)

[@user-user-user-user.]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial fyi Dawud, listening to your song “Animals love Quran” is part of our morning routine on the way to school. Our 4 year old absolutely loves it and lets us know the journey is not complete unless he hears that song…twice! Shukran my brother. Thanks for being a part of our lives.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@user-user-user-user. Awwww, thank you so much for granting me the honour of being apart of your lives! Treasure this wonderful season of life.

[@NURCU]

Mr Dawud Dear Brother Elhamdulillah Rasulullah

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you for dropping a note.

[@teybatube9357]

You are my childhood memory

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Dear Teyba Tube, thank you so much for leaving a note. Such a privilege to have had my songs be a part of your life growing up. Please remember my family and I in your prayers. Peace, Dawud

[@teybatube9357]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial Aselamualeykum brother Dawud I’m curious you have wonderful Albums unfortunately not much views on you tube I’m suggest you to release your Nashidd on Awakening records especially the recently album, just my opinion Awfen .

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

​@@teybatube9357 ​ Wa Alaikum as salam Teybatube, thank you for the curiosity and suggestion. The good folks at Awakening Records and I go waaaaaay back. There is no doubt that Awakenings, and many of the artists they have promoted, have changed the way songs within the Muslim community have been produced, spread and enjoyed by the masses over the past few decades. Several Awakenings artists (past and present) are dear old friends of mine, and it pleases me that Awakenings has provided them with a platform to share their songs with the world. Being like brothers, Awakenings and I have long and lovingly joked, jested and (at times) even jostled over our differing approaches toward “the music business”. For over thirty years, my musical efforts have been rooted in the “community music” tradition, which, by its nature, is open, organic and not “commercial”. Admittedly though, I made a reluctant livelihood out of music and that reality has always been a struggle for me. Thus, I am in no position to criticize “commercial music” as a whole. I have always fought hard to remain more focussed on “Community music” than “Commercial music”. Sometimes that struggle has seen my toss punches of judgement at those who prefer other paths, but mostly it has simply resulted in me shooting myself in the foot whenever things have become too “comfortable” or corporate. I’ve shot myself in the foot so many times “professionally” over the years, that now I can hardly limp along as the singing cowboy I once was! Hahahahaha…. For the most part, I have avoided working with exclusive labels, PR reps, managers, agents, corporate sponsors, benefactors, producers, arrangers etc. I own all my own music publishing, manage all my own royalties, answer all my own mail and even code my own website! As a result, my songs have become more like “Happy Birthday” than any hit song by The Beatles, U2 or BTS. Knowing kids still sing my songs in schools and have no idea who I am or what I look like is wonderfully exciting to me! Where my songs have come to rest in the lives of others, warms my heart! YOUR message here warmed my heart! The fact that you felt comfortable connecting with me directly warms my heart! The fact that you felt comfortable enough to ask me your question and that we can correspond about it personally, warms my heart! At the end of the day - we all need to eat: Some go to fancy restaurants that are expensive and serve the elite; some go to fast-food outlets that are cheap and serve billions; some shop at corporate chain stores; some shop at independently owned shops; some shop direct from growers at farmer’s markets...and some enjoy growing as much of their own food as possible, sharing what their gardens yield with neighbours and wildlife. All are completely acceptable ways to obtain OR distribute food! Music is similar to food. When it comes to how I produce music, I am the type of fellow who likes to grow it personally, sharing it simply and directly from my home studio/garden. Thanks for joining me for the meal and music! ;)

[@teybatube9357]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial understandable may Allah increase your knowledge and mine and accept your good deeds!!! Selam

[@GrakSH]

It has been 3 and a half years, it’s time to come back!

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Sorry my friend. Not much to say these days.

[@GrakSH]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial To be honest, I wasn’t expecting you to see that comment, much less to respond. I’m honored that you made the time to respond to such a desperate plea, and on the instance you see this too, I just want to express my sincere gratitude to you and the songs you’ve created because not only have they been the soundtrack I played on repeat during ramadan, but they helped bring me, a lover of music, closer to this beautiful deen. Thank you for years of beautiful music and for helping me foster my relationship with Allah and my religion. May Allah bless you and your family and all your endeavors and goals, Ameen.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@GrakSH It is I who must thank YOU for keeping the spirit of my old songs alive. Your messages mean a great deal to me and I am so pleased that you have found some of my words and melodies useful over the years, during your faith journey and travels of life. These days, my voice has become quite gruff and my pen used mostly for hardware store lists, grocery store lists and measurement notes for repairs around the house. It literally brings tears to my eyes that ripples still ring out in the world from pebbles of poems I tossed out so long ago. Keep singing my friend and as you do, please remember my family and I in your songs and prayers.

[@husainpatel7683]

Assalamu alaikum Dawud I'm looking for your version of the animals went on two by two and I can't find it anywhere 😫 Pls help

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Wa Alaikum as Salam dear Husain, thanks for posting a note. That song you are referring to is not one I wrote or ever recorded. There are several songs I wore about animals, (the most popular being "Animals Love Quran" back in 1996 for the "Whisper of Peace" album) but perhaps you are thinking about "The Ants Went Marching"/"The Animals Went In Two By Two". Try searching them up on KZbin.

[@husainpatel7683]

@DawudWharnsbyOfficial Thanks for the reply, brother dawud. I shall search for it Insha'Allah

[@kamilharis3721]

I recently started playing guitar. Still learning the basic chords and how to transition between them. Thank you so much for this video Dawud! Would you have any tips on how I can better my learning?

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Hi Kamil, congratulations on taking up the guitar. As you struggle through the tedious time it takes to tune up and trip over your fingers tips, remember to have FUN! That’s why it's called “PLAYING” music.

[@afnanadnan2055]

Can you please make a tutorial for "All about me" . Thanks a lot. ✨✨

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank Afnan! It would be delightful to help you learn “All About Me”. As you know, I co-wrote that tune with my dear friend Raef. Let me see if he’d be up for helping me out!

[@afnanadnan2055]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial thanks a billion 🌸🌸 will be waiting in sha Allah💛

[@aabidshaikh2051]

Super

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thanks Aabid.

[@zonahati]

masya Allah .... i love it

[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

Yup

[@tcozzens199]

I think a banjo of yours or was built for you i don’t know the history behind it? if you can please respond I would love to know the history behind it, Thanks

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Hi @gottacatchsomeofthem7000 thanks for the post, though I am a little confused about which instrument you are referring to. Are you interested in a little history on the banjo in general, or perhaps you heard me speak of Pete Seeger's custom-made banjo during one of my presentations? Or is it that you have acquired a banjo (or other instrument) that once belong to me and are looking for some information on it's background? Would love to dig more deeply into your question. :)

[@tcozzens199]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial Thanks for responding! I have picked up a banjo on facebook and the guy who sold it didn’t know much about it he said it was made in canada. When i got it home i noticed a tag that read “ Dawud Wharnsby Banjo” and when i looked at the leather strap that came with it it had “Dawud” on it so I started to do some research to try and find some history on it and it led me to your youtube channel

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@tcozzens199 Well I'll be! That's is incredible! As far as I can recall, I have sold two (maybe three?) banjos in the past, both in Canada. So, it may very well be that, your banjo was once in my posession. I'd love to see a photo of it to confirm if it was indeed one of mine. Both were 5 string resonator (closed back) banjos. One was sold to a close friend I've lost touch with in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada back in about 1994/95 and I have a few photos of that one. He may have subsequently sold it. It was used frequently between 1991 and 1995 and was a lovely piece. It would have been about 15-20 years old at that time, had square/rectangle mother of pearl in-lays on the fret board and I think it had a wooden arm-rest. Not sure of it's make though. The case was cardboard (maybe purple inside?). The second banjo I sold was with me from about 2003 until about 2018. It was very plain, older (perhaps from the 1960's?), had a plain black head-stock with no labeling on it, a metal armrest (I think?) and was somewhat "rustic". The cardboard case was pretty beat-up (maybe black inside?) One of the two (not sure which one) had a temperamental 5th string peg, I do remember that. There are indeed memories to share about both, but I am not sure you'd find my old memories too exciting. Wow, you are taking me back down memory lane!

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

You know, I think there were three! 1) 1991 to 1995 (nice one with mother of pearl on neck and wooden arm rest - I sold to a friend) 2) 2003 - ? (rustic one with loose 5th string peg, no markings and black head stock. May have sold it when I lived in Colorado.) 3) 2005 - 2018 (no markings, black case with protective duct tape over interior screws, snowman shaped head-stock, dots on fret-board, may have been missing armrest). After that I switched to pen-back banjo I currently own.

[@tcozzens199]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial Yeah i would love to send you a picture of it! Is there a better way we can communicate facebook or something?

[@user-rk7ii5iz7x]

Salam alaykoum wa rahmatoullah, I am a teacher for kids in a french mosk and I m writing a school program and I would like to use one of your song to illustrate a lesson ("elhamdoulillah I'm a Muslim") I have translate it in french. It will not be selled because the goal is to share and be usefull and not to make money. I have tried to send you a personal message through your site but it was not possible so i try here. If you Can please answer me so i will know if i can use it or not in my works. Anyhow, may Allah reward you for all your beautiful work Wa Salamou alaykoum wa rahmatoullah

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Salam MT, thank you for your message and the wonderful question. My apologies that I have no public email address or phone number on my website. As you can imagine, if I did, I would be busy full time just engaged in correspondence with people electronically! Perhaps if you go to my website and subscribe as a user, then post a comment on my latest post, I may get your email address and contact you directly? wharnsby.com/2023/04/10/meet-yarrow-mamout/

[@user-rk7ii5iz7x]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial Wa alaykoum Salam, That's what i have just did. Of course, i understand that you can't let everybody contact you personnaly. I had not see that we can do that on your website. Thanks a lot for your kind and quick answer.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@user-rk7ii5iz7x Thank you so much MT, will follow ing immediately. My apologies for the delay.

[@afnanadnan2055]

KZbin deleted the first three episodes of "in the nook" and some other videos from the channel , and I need them so badly, anyone knows how to get them back? Help!

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@afnanadnan Thank you for your comment. It was I who deleted some of the old videos last year, as it didn't seem there was much traffic or interest in them. So much has changed I the world, and in me, since I once travelled sharing songs. Those days feel like a century ago! Recently I was cleaning up on archive and felt I was watching videos and hearing the voice of a stranger! That said, examining history is an important thing for us to do sometimes, as it helps us know where we are in the present, so I am happy to re-upload old videos if you want to see them. You're looking specifically for the old "In The Nook" episodes?

[@afnanadnan2055]

​@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial Your music, songs, videos, every single thing you share with is just timeless to me, and I'm sure to many people as well, no matter when it was created or uploaded, even if it's a hundred thousand years ago, it's never old. Your art and work get to me in a unique way, it gives me peace and tranquility, an I can always relate to it, the very opposite of most of what we see now, people are only after trends, and meaningless hype - sadly - , not everyone appreciates meaningful art that speaks to the depths of the soul , but there are still people who really appreciate all your work, it's beautifully simple, from the heart, and so relatable. I listen to all your songs every day, from the very first album to the very last. I'd really, truly appreciate it if you re-upload the first three episodes of "In the nook" (they're never old, trust me) and there was a cover of the song"Hello in there", but only if you're comfortable with that of course. And I have to say, I respect all your decisions, no matter what. And I'm always grateful. I wish you peace in your life as much as the peace your art gives me, and more.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

​@@afnanadnan2055 Thank you so much for your very kind and heartfelt message my friend. It means more than you may realize. Let me hook up my archive hard-drive this week and upload some of those videos for you.

[@afnanadnan2055]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial Thank you so much. I truly appreciate that 🙏. Take your time :)

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@afnanadnan2055 Didn't forget about our exchange last month... still working on it! :)

[@lisasharonkhodjet-kesba1754]

I would love if you did a cover of old friends, Simon and Garfunkle.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Love that song!

[@lisasharonkhodjet-kesba1754]

​@@DawudWharnsbyOfficialIbraheem travelling as we speak to his new home, to go out to find his field in Indonesia.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@lisasharonkhodjet-kesba1754 Oh how exciting...Picking up his shoes and flying outage door. Hoping you are staying strong my sister.

[@mohammedyahya972]

Dawud love ur sound n songs i play guiter n sing nasheed u n zain n yusuf shd do a song n iwish u tag me along hope to hear from lots of love from kenya

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thank you for dropping a note. Happy to hear that you are brightening the world with song. There can never be too many people singing songs of hope, as far as I am concerned! As for Yusuf, Zain and I singing again... oh Goodness me! That was so many years ago when we all sang together. Back in about 2001 wrote and recorded a song called "The Prophet's Hands" ~ a sort of song of longing for comfort during troubled times. That was twenty years ago! A lot has changed in all of our lives since then. These days I am pretty absorbed in caring for my family and neighbours ~ singing only while I weed my garden and help my daughter fall asleep. Perhaps if more folks sang while they gardened, cooked and put their kids to sleep, we wouldn't need to pay others to sing for us! Song would be around us and in us like oxygen, instead of compressed into our ear-buds and iPhones.

[@mohammedyahya972]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial wow bro very inspirational my favorite somg of yours is the world is not a box i wish we colaborate on a project hit myemail we cansee a way of working together mashallah wa jakallah kher say hi to ur family

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@mohammedyahya972 Keep singing my brother. Sorry that I am not taking on any new projects of song these days ~ my daughters and father really need me at this important time in their lives. What I'd suggest is using your talents to sing with children and youth in your local community. Write and record with children! It will inspire them to grow up and, in turn, perhaps write and record with even more children! Before you know it you will be "Grandpa Yahya" and those kids will never forget the inspiration you brought them - insha Allah. I've left about 200 songs for the world to kick around...now I must focus on my helping my father organize his medications and my daughters organize their homework! :)

[@mohamedfaizalkharva4769]

Salaams Dawud. You are an inspiration. I see a little of myself in your poetry. I particularly like the song, "Will you hate me". I encourage you to get more content out as I feel you have a lot to offer the world and not just Islam. I always felt you had the talent to make it big in the arts but without being critical I felt you were restricted by the general misunderstanding that 'music' / 'musical instruments' /'entertainment' are 'haraam' - when in fact it isn't according to my understanding. Please let me know how we can connect and keep in touch. Thanks.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Wa alaikum as salam dear Mohamed ~ Thank you “connecting” with me to share your kind words. It has always struck me that “Inspiration” is like a electric circuit: it goes around and around with no beginning or end. It just “is” and we must enter the circle…enter the circuit and join the energy… to be “lit up” with action. Things I hear or see inspire me. My songs ~ in turn ~ inspire folks like you, who may then feel some form of connection to me. Your feedback then inspires me even further! The great circle of humanity and positive energy goes ever onward! Over the years I have tried to write and share songs of differing styles, aimed at the world’s different communities and people’s differing musical tastes. Some have resonated with large numbers, some have resonate with just a few folks. The quality of the connectivity has always meant more to me than the quantity of connectivity. I am very grateful for the support and love I have received over the years from so many people. Though writing and singing have always been very therapeutic for me, I have always tried to balance those for of expression with quiet time for thinking, reflecting and digesting life’s experiences. During this season of my life, I do not write or record as much. There is so much to see, hear, learn and process. My family and local community have needed me to roll up my sleeves and be there for them in various ways in recent years. If and when I feel I have more to sing and share, you can be sure I'll try ~ God willing! When I see the wonderful work of artists (many of whom I knew when they were young children or teenagers) reaching out far and wide through technology or commercial methods my style of “community music” was never really designed to utilize ~ I am so pleased! I celebrate their joys and their successes with them! We all make up differing components in the same circuit of energy!

[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@ahmadtwopointo]

Dear Dawud Wharnsby, I'm a biggest fan of you. You should left music cause music which played by Instruments (like Guitar) is Haram. I'm just Benevolent of yours.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Dear Sabbir, greetings of peace and thank you for your comment.

[@ahmadtwopointo]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial My beloved sir, I didn't expect that you would ever read my comment But Allah has made it false. Again I'm saying, Please give up music, Don't Throw yourself in Helfire. I know it's hard to give up one's profession but not impossible. You may know the history of Pakistan's great musician Junaid Jamshed (Rahimahollah) who totally left music just for Allah and dedicated his voice on Islamic Music.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@ahmadtwopointo As salaam Alaikum.

[@ahmadtwopointo]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial Oalaikum as salam oa rahmatullahi oa bakaratuh

[@rf236]

Salaam Dawud. It’s me Rehmat. I did have a long conversation with you before on here through my old KZbin account, but I had to delete it and sadly our conversation went too. But I hope you remember me. I’m the 22 year old girl from England. I have Asperger’s syndrome. But I just thought I’d message saying hi, and how is your Ramadan going. I was feeling lonely too and miss talking to you also. I hope you’re doing very well. I see you as a friend, so I just wanted to check up on you 🤣

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Wa alaikum as Salam Rehmat! Delightful to hear from you again, thank you for dropping me a note! Hoping all is well. Sorry to hear that it has been lonely time for you lately. It is indeed such a reality of our world that, we can be surrounded by so many people sometimes, but still feel "alone". All the more reason to link with like-minded and like-hearted people however, and wherever we are able.

[@rf236]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial yes you are right. It is crazy how it is these days. But I am doing ok, I’m just struggling a lot mentally. It’s been really just so hard. But I’m trying to be strong and get through each day.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@rf236 Hoping as summer has progressed that you have been feeling better. Better weather sometimes helps lift our moods. Stay strong my friend, and stay near those who comfort you with their kindness.

[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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[@GrimFate08]

Isn't music haram?

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

Thanks GrimFate. Generally speaking, “music” is sound, made up of vibrations. There is music all around us in nature: rhythmic rain, whistling breezes, clapping waves, singing streams and thumping thunder! Even the human voice is "musical" by it's very nature ~ being produced by our breath vibrating our vocal chords and resonating in the cavities of our faces. Qur'an even states that we are made of "SOUNDING clay" with a soul “blown” into us. The word “music” comes from the Greek word “muse” or “divine inspirer”. Qur'an teaches that we must be careful not to waste our sacred breath or powerful words in “idle chatter” or by speaking ill of others, their traditions, faith or characters. Poets are also cautioned not to be hypocritical by speaking one way, then acting contrary to their words and misleading people. By those suggestions, indeed, we can see how much of what the world knows now as “popular (pop) music” falls into question. Some muslims throw the baby out with the bath water and say “music is haram”: cut and dried. Some muslims say “music is halal” and open the flood gates for people to drown themselves into sounds, songs and environments that wash away their faith, devotion, dignity and decorum. Neither the Qur'an nor the holy prophet (upon whom be peace) ever categorically deemed beautified sounds, songs or "music" as “haram” ~ but the cautions of their words about how we use sound, what environments we foster with it and what we say when we speak or sing are VERY clear: “Either say what is good, or be silent”. If certain types of music or certain songs inspire you to do good, be a better person, comfort you in times of struggle and/or remind you of your divine purpose in life: celebrate them and sing them! I spent thirty years or more trying to do that with the best of my ability, integrity and heart. If (on the other hand) music, in general, distracts you from remembering God and clutters your mind or heart, I’d suggest avoiding human-made "music" and enjoy the sounds of God's creation as the soundtrack to your life. At this time in my life (I will not mince my words) that is what I have needed to do. The quiet around me these days has been very helpful to my heart and soul. Thanks for your question. Hope my answer wasn’t too long or confusing. Wa Allahu Alim.

[@GrimFate08]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial big waffler ain't ya.

[@GrimFate08]

@@DawudWharnsbyOfficial ok sheikh mufti jazakallah for your clear cut fatwa, makes sense 👍

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@GrimFate08 Just a human being trying my best. That's all any of us can do my friend. ...and indeed, I do love to eat waffles. 😜

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

@@GrimFate08 No fatwas from me... just thoughts, reflections, deductions, opinions, well intended suggestions and respectful replays to questions I always assume are asked with the similar degrees of respect.

[@wildcardcentral2782]

You're like the Muslim version of Tom Hanks.

[@DawudWharnsbyOfficial]

LOL! Thanks...I think? Was that a compliment, wise-crack our just an observation (probably based on the fact that we're both white guys with 5...ok maybe 6... finger foreheads!)? :) I'll take it as a compliment! Tom Hanks has been one of my favourite actors since childhood in the 70s, when he appeared in a TV series called "Bosom Buddies", a Canadian made film called "Mazes and Monsters" and then in a few 80's episodes of "Family Ties". One of my top five favourite films of all time is "Forrest Gump" and don't even get me started on the 90's rom-coms with Meg Ryan!

[@wildcardcentral2782]

Compliment lol.

[@Muhammaddavid-sl9qg]

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