Songs of Presence is a collection of 200+ qasidas packaged into a limited edition book and a mega album.

The Keighley Munshids are a vocal group based in the Yorkshire town of Keighley. Trained by Shaykh Muhammad Adel, the lead munshid of the Zawiya Abul Hassan ash-Shadhili in Kharabshah, Jordan, they sing the traditional mystical odes of the fuqara of the Shadhili Darqawi Hashimi order. Their style is a capella, as per the Levantine tradition.  

This page will offer lovers of the qasida (the Arabic term for poem) a selection of some of their work. 

The Keighley Munshids are available to sing at gatherings to raise funds for the Abu Zahra Foundation. For further details please contact km@abuzahra.org. 

If you use any of our material for other than personal use please kindly seek our permission beforehand. Jazak'Allah.

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