A fictional musician considers song lyrics beside a microphone in a recording studio.

وَيْجْزُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ سَيُغَيِّرُ كَلِمَاتِ أُغْنِيَتِهِ

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أَثَارَتْ أُغْنِيَةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ لِمُغَنِّي الرَّابِ الْمِصْرِيِّ وَيْجْزَ نِقَاشًا فِي مِصْرَ. وَاسْمُ الْأُغْنِيَةِ «مُقَاتِلٌ».

وَجَدَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ فِي كَلِمَاتِهَا عِبَارَةَ «وَلِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى». وَهِيَ جُزْءٌ مِنْ حَدِيثٍ نَبَوِيٍّ مَشْهُورٍ عَنِ النِّيَّةِ.

قَالَ وَيْجْزُ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ أَنَّ الْعِبَارَةَ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ. وَسَأَلَ شَيْخًا عَنْ اسْتِخْدَامِهَا فِي أُغْنِيَةٍ.

وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ سَيُغَيِّرُ الْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي لَا تُنَاسِبُ الْأُغْنِيَةَ. وَطَلَبَ مِنَ الشَّيْخِ أَنْ يُوَضِّحَ لَهُ الْحُكْمَ. وَدَعَا مَسْؤُولٌ مِنْ دَارِ الْإِفْتَاءِ وَيْجْزَ إِلَى تَغْيِيرِ الْعِبَارَةِ أَيْضًا. وَأَعَادَتِ الْقِصَّةُ النِّقَاشَ عَنْ مَكَانِ النُّصُوصِ الدِّينِيَّةِ فِي الْفَنِّ.

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Wegz Says He Will Change His Song Lyrics

A new song by Egyptian rapper Wegz started a discussion in Egypt. The song is called “Moqatel.”

Some people found the phrase “and each person will have what they intended” in its lyrics. It is part of a well-known prophetic hadith about intention.

Wegz said he had not known that the phrase came from the hadith. He asked a sheikh about using it in a song.

He said he would change the words that do not suit the song. He asked the sheikh to explain the ruling to him. An official from Dar al-Ifta also called on Wegz to change the phrase. The story renewed discussion about the place of religious texts in art.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
مُغَنِّي الرَّابِ noun phrase rapper
نِقَاشٌ noun discussion
كَلِمَاتٌ noun lyrics; words
عِبَارَةٌ noun phrase
حَدِيثٌ نَبَوِيٌّ noun phrase prophetic hadith
نِيَّةٌ noun intention
شَيْخٌ noun religious scholar
حُكْمٌ noun ruling
غَيَّرَ verb changed

Sources

  1. مصراوي: بسبب كلمات "مقاتل".. ويجز يسأل عن حكم استخدام حديث نبوي في الأغاني
  2. Egypt Independent: Rapper Wegz apologizes over unintentional Hadith citation in his song

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