Maddah (religious singer)

A group of Iranian Maddahs, in a gathering

Maddah (Persian: مداح), translates as eulogist or panegyrist;[1][2] and it is attributed to religious singer.[3] There is a kind of religious singer(s) in Islamic culture who are called Maddah that often participate in --anniversary-- funeral ceremonies of Muslims, particularly for the famous characters among the Islamic prophet Muhammad and twelve Imams of Shia; and they recite or sing in Islamic/sad manner for people (as a type of mourning).[4][5][6]

The root of the word "Maddah" is "Madh" which means expressing the excellent traits of a character or a thing.[7]

Maddah (or Dhakir)[8] is an individual who mentions/praises the great characters and religious education in (religious) gatherings; and its performance ought to be mostly full of Eulogy/Marsiya; besides, Maddahi doesn't have special gender, age, group or elegy.[9]

Idiomatically, Maddah means a dhakir or panegyrist who (often) stands beside the pulpit, and praises or turns into poetry about Ahlul-Bayt[10][11][12][13] (and Muhammad)[14][15] and their tragedy, particularly regarding the disasters/tragedy of battle of Karbala, and Husayn ibn Ali's manner of martyrdom who was killed there with his companions by the enemies.[16][17]

## Notable maddahs

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* Saeed Haddadian
* Mohammadreza Taheri
* Mahmoud Karimi
* Sadiq Ahangaran

## See also

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* Mourning of Muharram
* Banu Hashim
* Maddahi
* Dhikr
* Dua

## References

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1. ^ Dehkhoda LoqatNameh (Dictionary)
2. ^ The meaning of Maddah
3. ^ Fahang-e-Farsi A'mid
4. ^ The most important duties of Maddahs in the current society yjc.ir Retrieved 19 Jan 2019
5. ^ Maddahs of Ahlul-Bayt (suggestion) isna.ir Retrieved 19 Jan 2019
6. ^ The duties of Maddahs (of Ahlul-Bayt) saafi.com Retrieved 19 Jan 2019
7. ^ rituals and principles of Dhakir/Maddah estejab.com Retrieved 26 Dec 2018
8. ^ The shortest way to be Maddah yjc.ir Retrieved 26 Dec 2018
9. ^ Traits of Maddah mehrnews.com Retrieved 26 Dec 2018
10. ^ Who are Maddahs/Dhakirs? asemooni.com Retrieved 26 Dec 2018
11. ^ The principles of Dhakiri (Maddahi) maddahi.com Retrieved 26 Dec 2018
12. ^ Maddah's duty isna.ir Retrieved 26 Dec 2018
13. ^ Who is Maddah? khabaronline.ir Retrieved 26 Dec 2018
14. ^ Maddahi for the passing away of Prophet Muhammad yjc.ir Retrieved 26 Dec 2018
15. ^ Maddahi for Prophet Muhammad passing away aparat.com Retrieved 26 Dec 2018
16. ^ Principles of Maddahi ghadeer.org Retrieved 26 Dec 2018
17. ^ Dhakir/Maddah's principles estejab.com Retrieved 26 Dec 2018