Zain Bhikha

Zain Bhikha (Hindi: ज़ैन भिखा, Urdu: زین بھکھا‎; born 9 August 1974) is a South African singer-songwriter, who has achieved success as a performer of Islam nasheed songs. Associated with other Muslim musicians, including Yusuf Islam and Dawud Wharnsby, Bhikha has collaborated on albums and also released several solo albums. He has written several religious albums concerning Islam.

Bhikha sometimes performs with a drummer and several backup vocalists who were the African singers in the Disney cartoon movie The Lion King. Bhikha did not himself contribute to that film.

Bhikha's music almost exclusively follows Islamic themes, with only voice and drums being used, since the use of musical instruments other than the voice and the drum is an area of debate in Muslim jurisprudence, considered harām, or "unlawful" by a portion of the Muslim community.