Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
Will the one who repented from sins that he caused his peers to commit be absolved if he asked them to abandon those sins and erase their traces from their lives, but some of them denied it, and some agreed while denying that they were sins, and some did not respond?
Is it permissible to create a flash game website that contains games with music, even if there is a mute button for the music? And is it permissible to include games with cartoon images that do not contain music?
What is the ruling on children's cartoon songs, and is it permissible to listen to or disseminate them?
Does listening to music invalidate the protection of the morning and evening adhkar, as if they were never recited?
What is the ruling on women's group dancing with foreign songs, seductive movements, and tight clothing, in the absence of men, and their belief that it is not unlawful?
Do abstaining from prayer and listening to music affect a person who suffers from anxiety and fear and prays intermittently?
Is money earned from working in a musical instrument store permissible or forbidden?
What is the ruling on music devoid of lyrics in video games, and what is the ruling on playing games that contain women while lowering the gaze?
Is it permissible to listen to anasheed (Islamic vocal music) that is free of musical instruments if not all of its words' meanings are understood, and does the ruling differ if the anasheed is from an Islamic website, from a friend, or from a website that combines anasheed without music and songs with music?
What is the vile soul, what are its causes, symptoms, and treatment, is it innate or acquired, why did Al-Khidr kill the boy in Surat Al-Kahf, and is this evidence that there is no way for the vile soul to become good?
What is the ruling on playing the game "Amal al-Shu'ub" (Hope of the Peoples), and is it permissible?
What is the ruling on computer games involving shooting monsters, knowing that the characters in these games are sentient beings (men and women)?
What is the ruling on taking a music course (instrumental and vocal) in foreign schools if graduation depends on it?
Is it permissible to remain with irreligious friends who do not pray and listen to music, with the intention of inviting them [to Islam], while fearing their negative influence?
Is it permissible to use magazines and cartoon drawings for children as an alternative to television, or not?
How do some Muslim scholars permit music and singing while others forbid them, and what is the general ruling on listening to music, along with the evidence?
Is it permissible to continue as a co-administrator of a Facebook page after discovering that a young man is among its administrators, knowing that conversations with him are avoided?
Is it permissible to download a fighting game for training purposes that contains blasphemous phrases such as "the father of all things," while not believing in them? And does watching a music video, which increases its viewership, fall under the scope of Allah’s saying: (And you thought it was a slight matter, while with Allah it was a grave matter)?
What is the ruling on watching animated films that deal with realistic or historical stories? Is it permissible to buy them as a means of entertainment and education for children and adults? And is it permissible to watch historical films like "Omar Al-Mukhtar" and "The Message" and use them as a means of Da'wah (proselytizing) and inciting to Jihad, if they are free of music and images of women?
What should I do when I hear a sound resembling music, and I don't know whether it is music or not? And should I admonish someone who does that? And how can I determine if a sound is music or not?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on publishing a video on YouTube that contains images of snow in a certain town, combined with a silent foreign musical clip ("Crazy Frog music")?
Is it a sin for a female member and moderator to remain in a translated anime forum that contains inappropriate clips and music, while she also supervises the Islamic section and fears losing the reward of benefiting and imparting knowledge to the members if she leaves the forum? And must she leave the forum?
What is the ruling on singing with music, whether non-lewd or religious, while observing prayer and avoiding prohibitions? And is there a clear text prohibiting it in the Quran or Sunnah?
How can one convince one's parents to agree to host an Islamic wedding?