Melodies of Madinah cd by Shaykh Fakhruddin Owaisi

Sout Ilaahi had release a new Qasidah album by Shaykh Fakhruddin Owaisi al Madani entitled " Melodies of Madinah" cd. A collection of Classical Qasidahs as sung in Madinah. The album contains recitation of the Qasidah in traditional Hijazi style of Makkah and Madinah which combines the best of Syrian, Egyptian, Yemeni and Moroccan tunes, with a dash of Arabian desert chanting. Although there is no music, his voice able to capture our hearts who are longing for the love of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. He was especially train to master the classical Madih Qasidah's song all over the Arab and Islamic world.

Biography

Shaykh Fakhruddin Owaisi grew up in in al Madinah al Munawwarah and it is there that he completed his education. He is the descendant of Syaidina Owaisi al Qarani. He holds a MA Degree (with Distinction) in Religious Studies from the University of Cape Town, and is at present the Imam of the Hout Bay Mosque in Cape Town, South Africa, and lecturer at the International Peace University of South Africa. He is the student of the great al-Sayyid Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki of Makkah in the sciences of the Shari'ah and a Muqaddam of Shaykh-al-Islam Hassan Cisse of Senegal in the Tariqah Tija