Dawud Wharnsby

داود وارنسبي علي

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

The Canadian convert-musician behind Sound Vision's Islamic children's songs like 'A Whisper of Peace'.

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musician · writer
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Music and its permissibilityConverts and those who leaveChildren and youth

Overview

David Wharnsby Ali (born 1972 in Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian singer who embraced Islam. He is known for children's songs such as "The Islamic Song for Children" and the album "The Prophet and the Sufi". He belongs to the early generation of English-language Islamic nasheed. 1

People and things also explored

Casablanca Beats· The Idol· Custody of a child (hadana)· Children's rights (huquq al-abna)· Habituation to luxury (ilf al-rafaha)· Sama' (hearing) and its rulings· Shi'ar (the distinctive sign: the inner garment, a battle cry, and dress that sets a group apart)· The social condition of the Arabs before Islam

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islam.museum contributors. “Dawud Wharnsby”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/dawud-wharnsby/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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