Junaid Jamshed Quotes

If you want to live a happy life, don’t teach your wife how to drive a car or a motorcycle.

Generosity always pays.

Why should I just limit myself to the Urdu language? Why not sing in different languages?

I come across children who sometimes come up and say such nice things and it motivates you so much. They look up to you and they would sometimes say something so nice, something so beautiful.

Now the canvas is not just my country Pakistan, but now the canvas is the entire world. Now the canvas is the entire ummah (Muslim nation).

Allah (swt) by His grace has given you some ni’ma (blessing), some bounty. So, the best way to be thankful to Allah (swt) is to use that bounty and ni’ma to bring the people of Allah (swt) close to Allah (swt).

I get to meet people from all walks of life, from all different countries, from different backgrounds.

You have a lot of children that come up to you… and their parents tell you, and sometimes even [the children themselves] tell you how much they love singing your nasheeds. It is a great source of satisfaction that even now you can make a difference in the lives of people.

My wife obviously would like to have her husband right next to her. I keep telling her inshaAllah we will be together in paradise.

My aim in times to come is not to just work with Muslims but to actually sing songs for everyone and sing songs in which people all over the world can relate to.

I read the lifestyles of our Rasul (pbuh) and the Sahabah (companions of the Prophet) a lot. I read the lifestyles of people who have done a lot for the people – of Muslims and non-Muslims [working] together.

Initially, when I was first starting as a musician, I was a very nationalistic figure and I used to believe in doing a lot of national songs. I would always have a national song in the albums I did.