Well , You are talking about Sabri Brothers of Pakistan.

The Sabri Brothers are a Qawwali party from Pakistan.

The Sabri Brothers were originally comprised of Ghulam Farid Sabri (b. 1930 in Kalyana, East Punjab - d. April 5, 1994 in Karachi lead vocals, harmonium), Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (b. October 12, 1941 or 1945 in Kalyana; lead vocals, harmonium), Kamal Sabri (d. 2001; vocals, swarmandal), Mehmood Ghaznavi Sabri (b. 1949 in Karachi; vocals, bongo drums, tambourine), Fazal Islam (chorus), Azmat Farid Sabri (chorus), Sarwat Farid Sabri (chorus), Javed Kamal Sabri (chorus), Umer Daraz (chorus), Abdul Aziz (chorus), Masihuddin (chorus, tanpura), Abdul Karim (dholak), and Mohammed Anwar (nal, tabla).

There were four Sabri brothers. The eldest brother was Ghulam Farid Sabri. A man of immense spirituality, he was considered to be a saint. He possessed a deep and powerful voice and presented the wajad energy when performing. Maqbool Ahmed's light and melodious voice was able to immerse listeners into haal. When asked whether he ever gets aches and pains from sitting on the floor constantly, he replied, "I had five knee injuries and two operations. But sitting during a Qawwali performance is a must because it is following the Eastern tradition of sitting to meditate or pray and for respect of the word of God and the Prophet". Finally, there is Kamal Sabri and Mehmood Ghaznavi Sabri.

The Sabri Brothers enjoyed great popularity from the 60s to the mid 80s. In the late 80s, the party split up into two groups, and this started their downfall. Ultimately they rejoined in the early 90s, but soon Ghulam Fareed died, and this was the beginning of their end. Maqbool Ahmed still performs with the remaining members of the group, but without Ghulam Fareed, he could not attract the same audience as before.

The Sabri Brothers' musical lineage stretches back many centuries, to the time of the Mughal emperors. They claim to be direct descendants of Mian Tansen, the legendary Hindustani musician of the court of Mughal emperor Akbar the Great. Mehboob Baksh Ranji Ali Rang, their paternal grandfather, was a master musician of his time; Baqar Hussein Khan, their maternal grandfather, was a unique sitarist. All members of the group belong to the Sabriyya order of Sufism, hence the name Sabri.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S abri_Brothers

Answered by Alok Gupta , an ibibo Guru, at 4:36 PM on September 25, 2008