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Junoon

جنون

Pakistan's 'Sufi rock' pioneers of 'Sayyoni' — the biggest rock band in the Muslim world's rock history.

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Music and its permissibility

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Junoon is a Pakistani rock band founded by Salman Ahmad in Lahore in 1990. It blended Western rock with Sufi qawwali, and its best-known songs are 'Jazbaa Junoon' and 'Sayonee Botah'. It received international recognition for its cultural role. 1

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Sama' (hearing) and its rulings· Shi'ar (the distinctive sign: the inner garment, a battle cry, and dress that sets a group apart)· Tasfiq (clapping, in prayer and elsewhere)· Fez Festival of World Sacred Music· Şeb-i Arus· Urs of Ajmer Sharif· The Mehter (Ottoman military band)· Native Deen

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islam.museum contributors. “Junoon”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/junoon-band/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Sama' (hearing) and its rulings

In the lexicon sama' means perceiving by the sense of hearing, and it carries the senses of answering, understanding and accepting; the technical sense does not depart from them. The jurists treat hearing in several separate rulings: joining the congregation for one who hears the call to prayer, reading aloud in prayer, listening to the Friday sermon, the prostration of recitation, hearing a claim before a judge, testimony by hearing, listening to singing, the Qur'an, hadith and idle talk.