Question:
As salamu alaykum, wah rahmutallhi wa barakatu
Do I need permission to lead Just dhikr, not khwajagan, just basic dhikr, like ‘la ilaha illalallah, ‘allah, allah’ , and the asma ul husna ? Or because these are general recitations can anyone lead this ?
Also is permission needed to recite a Qasida in a gathering ?
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
You can read anything you like. There is no restriction in reading Qur’an and asma’ Allah al-Husna or qasida. They are ordered to be read. You may read what you like. Allah said in Holy Qur’an:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِيرًا
ya ayyuha alladhina amanu udhkur-ullah dhikran kathiran.
{O you who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance.} (Surat al-Ahzab 33:41)
There is also the hadith of the Prophet (s) when the bedouin asked about shari`ah al-Islam. He wished for something easy to follow from the Holy Prophet (s), and the Prophet (s) said, “keep your tongue wet with dhikrullah“. So there is no problem.
Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani
