Re: Whats with the Barailvies??
^^Yep that’s what I was talking about in my post earlier
I totally agree. A lot of times what happens when I’m talking to a so-called “religious person” and I will mention naat or hamd but instead call it a song (I mean, really… that’s what a naat is… a devotional song, or hymn just you are attaching an Arabic word to it rather than just calling it a ‘song’) and they will correct me immediately and say that it’s not a song. There really is no difference… the human voice is just another instrument instrument anyway.
As far as ‘bollynaats’ being disrespectful because they remind the person of the scene rather than Allah, that’s definitely debatable. Sound happens to be the sense that is second-most connected with memory (after smell), and it so happens that music is based on perceived consonance created by the frequency intervals of pitches sounding in succession. Most songs, whether the tune is explicitly based on a bollywood song or is some original naat composition, will be based on these basic keys and scales for which everyone will have associated different memories based on their experiences. There is no guarantee that whether the “naat” is composed to the tune of a bollywood song or not, the person will refrain from thinking about a memory which is irrelevant to religion. I think that just depends entirely on the persons intentions for listening to the “naat” in the first place.