Is watching comedy shows on YouTube that include music and mockery of others considered aiding in sin by increasing their viewership and popularity?
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It is not permissible to follow programs that contain violations such as music or mocking others. Following them increases their fame and viewership, and thus the follower shares in their حكم (ruling/judgment). For "whoever increases the multitude of a people is one of them, and whoever is pleased with the deed of a people is a partner to those who did it." So, merely watching incurs sin upon its owner, and the sin increases according to the corrupting effects that result from it.
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