It’s always encouraged to praise Allah SWT, because all the praises really belong to Allah Almighty. And to send salutations to our beloved prophet Muhammad (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), because he is the best of the creation. The song is Mash’Allah very good, both vocally and in terms of lyrics.

As for the instruments used and the characters shown in the video clip, it’s an arguable issue for many Muslims. Especially those who are not practicing Islam (i.e praying five times) and those who are not veiling themselves (i.e wearing hijab (headscarf)) will say that it’s acceptable to do such things in Islam. But saying simply haram (prohibited) without the explanation will too, cause many backlashes from the public.

A Muslim, who follows the commands of Allah SWT, and whose intention is to always please Allah, will try his/her best to follow the footsteps (sunnah) of prophet Muhammad (pbuh). He will try to do things that our prophet encouraged and try to avoid the things that prophet disliked or prohibited.

Based on this understanding, when a Muslim is doing something, he always must think “Is this something that prophet would do?”, “Is it something that prophet would encourage me to do?”. And if the answer to these questions is “No”, then it’s recommended not to proceed with that thing.

So regarding the clip, put yourselves in Sami Yusuf’s place and ask yourselves those two questions. I think the answer is quite clear.

Allah knows best!