He became a Muslim in 1977 after his brother had given him a copy of the Quraan to read.
It was from there, that he had changed his name and had promised to release one more album with his old time producer Paul Samwell-Smith called, "Back To Earth".
Upon retiring, he felt that it was not right to live in a life of luxury, and he was helping in humanitarian and charitable causes. He also gained government funding for under-privileged Muslim schools in Britain. Yusuf now annually donates over half his income to charity.
His 1972 album Catch Bull at Four spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, and fifteen weeks at number one in the Australian ARIA Charts. He earned two ASCAP songwriting awards in 2005 and 2006 for "The First Cut Is the Deepest
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- Islam Yusuf
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- J. Islam
- Usef Islam (Formerly Cat Stevens)
- Y. Islam
- Y. Islam (Cat Stevens)
- Yousuf
- Yusef
- Yusif Islam
- Yusuf
- Yusuf & Cat
- Yusuf (Formerly Cat Stevens)
- Yusuf / Cat Stevens
- Yusuf Cat Stevens
- Yusuf Islam & Children
- Yusuf Islam & Friends
- Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
- Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens)
- Yusuf Islam [Cat Stevens]
- Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens
- Yusuf Islam and Friends
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ISLAM > Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 69, Number 494 Mohammad said if you use
musical instruments allah will turn you into a monkey or a pig and a
mountain will fall on you
JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN:
shout for joy, yes, they sing. Psalm 95:2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Psalm 71:23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to Thee;
And my soul, which Thou hast redeemed. Psalm 75:9 But as for me, I
will declare it forever; I will sing praises to the God of
Jacob.Psalm 81:1 (For the choir director; on the Gittith) Sing for
joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. Psalm
95:1 O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord ; Let us shout joyfully
to the rock of our salvation. Psalm 96:2 Sing to the Lord, bless His
name; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day. Psalm
98:4 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth and sing
for joy and sing praises. Psalm 105:2 Sing to Him, sing praises to
Him; Speak of all His wonders. INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE BIBLE FOR
MUSICEzekiel 15 Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to
the LORD. Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took the timbrel in
her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with
dancing.Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger as saying: 'The bell
is the musical instrument of Satan.'It cannot be denied that
instruments of music have been rightfully used to praise the Creator,
neither should it be. If God saw fit to authorize mechanical
instruments of music, then His wisdom should not be questioned.
Likewise, His judgment must not be questioned if He later changed His
mind, 'for we walk by faith, not by sight' (II Corinthians
5:7).Exodus 15:20-21; I Samuel 10:5; II Samuel 6:5, 15, 21; I Kings
10:12; II Kings 12:13; I Chronicles 13:8; I Chronicles 15:16-29; I
Chronicles 16:5-9, 23, 42; I Chronicles 23:5; I Chronicles 25:1-7; II
Chronicles 5:12-13; II Chronicles 7:6; II Chronicles 9:11; II
Chronicles 15:14; II Chronicles 20:19-28; II Chronicles 29:25-30; II
Chronicles 30:21; II Chronicles 34:12; Ezra 3:10; Nehemiah 12:8-47;
Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 30:29; Isaiah 38:20; Amos 5:23; Amos 6:5;
Habakkuk 3:19; Revelation 5:8-9; Revelation 14:2-3; Revelation 15:2-3
http://www.insearchoftruth.org/articles/music_references.htmlhttp://ww
w.terrorismawareness.org/Psalm 98:5 Sing praises to the LORD with the
lyre, With the lyre and the sound of melody.Psalm 33:2 Give thanks to
the LORD with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten
strings.Psalms 71:22 I will also praise you with the harp for your
faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One
of IsraelRevelation 5:8 the elders sing with harps
Your video will be my study. Christine.
good weekend for you.
Bernadette
Jim
Thanks my friend Have a nice weekend greetings!
Thank you so much my dear friends for sharing your so magnificent upload with us!
People stood and stared, then closed their doors
As he passed
He strolled the empty street, kids banged on tin cans
Then the panting dogs began to bark
As the Roadsinger sang
Where do you go? Where do you go?
When hearts are closed
When a friend becomes a stranger,
Nobody wants to know.
Where do you go? Oh, where do you go?
When the world turns dark
And the light of truth is blown out
And the roads are blocked.
He stopped by a store, between the barrels and sacks,
A child’s face peeped out and gave a smile
And ran back
Behind a misty glass, on a window pane,
A little finger drew a perfect heart
And her name
Where do you go? Where do you go?
In a world filled with fright;
Only a song to warm you,
Through the night
Where do you go? Oh, where do you go?
After lies are told,
And the light of truth is blown out,
And the night is cold.
Roadsinger rode on, to another land
Though the people spoke a different tongue,
They’d understand
They showed him how to share and took him by the hand
Showed him the path to heaven
Through the desert sand
Where do you go? Where do you go?
To find happiness,
In a world filled with hatred 1
And tears.
Where do you go? Oh, where do you go?
If no one cares
And everybody’s lost,
Looking for theirs.