Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
Is a young man who committed sins and uttered the Shahada before his death considered a Muslim for whom charity and supplication are permissible, or does his denial of the prohibition of music and his justification of some forbidden things make him an infidel?
Is it permissible to return to watching anime after having intended to abandon it for the sake of Allah, especially after it became clear that it is not forbidden if it is free of prohibitions such as music and other things?
What is the ruling on using electronic music as background for video clips, so that they are not silent? And is it permissible to continue working as a photographer if this music is forbidden?
Is the profession of selling and installing car audio devices and systems, which are mostly used for listening to music loudly, considered Haram, even with the possibility of using them to listen to the Quran and religious sermons?
What is the ruling regarding a person who, when told that singing is forbidden, says: "I wish I could put all the sheikhs and religious scholars in a pit and burn them," or "The sheikhs do not follow the religion except in polygamy and food only," and is such a person considered an apostate, and what is required concerning him?
Is it permissible to play music for the wife to dance to, knowing that singing and music are forbidden?
Is it considered an act of disobedience (ʿUqūq) to prevent one's daughter from going alone to her grandparents' house, and to allow her to go only in the company of her parents, in order to spare her from hearing music and learning some bad habits, knowing that the grandmother is angry and considers this behavior a lack of trust in her and an act of extremism?
What is the ruling on watching dubbed Indian and Turkish films, and what is the evidence for their prohibition?
What is the ruling on listening to music, such as religious and regular anasheed, or the sound of games?
Is it permissible to display handmade crafts for sale in an exhibition that is not free of mixing (of genders) and music, given that the exhibitor will not be present?
Is there a greater sin upon the religious man (the Mutawwi') than upon the average person if they commit the same sin, such as listening to music, backbiting, or mocking?
Is it permissible to profit from mobile application advertisements that include games, music, restaurants, and phone maintenance, while prohibiting pornographic advertisements and gambling?
What is the ruling on filming video games that include images of animate beings—such as football games—and publishing them on YouTube without music?
Is it permissible to continue watching the anime "Naruto," which includes claims of divinity and superstitions such as reviving the dead, knowing that the questioner does not believe in these things and watches the anime without sound due to the music, and is it permissible for him to wear a necklace similar to what one of the anime characters wears?
What is the ruling on watching video game clips after intending to postpone them until after Ramadan, and is an expiatory oath (kaffarat yameen) obligatory for that?
Is money and sons forbidden, given that they distance one from the remembrance of Allah, by analogy with the prohibition of music and chess for the same reason?
Is selling songs and wrestling videos permissible or forbidden?
Is incidental music, devoid of lyrics and found in films and TV series, unlawful (haram)? Are Maher Zain's anasheed unlawful (haram) and considered prohibited singing, especially with the presence of musical instruments? What is the interpretation of the hadith: "I have been given a mizmar (flute/sweet voice) from the mazamir of the family of David"? What is the ruling on listening to the Quran without paying close attention while engaging in certain activities? And how can one deal with family and friends who listen to songs and believe they are permissible (halal)?
Must an Internet service provider filter music websites, even though subscribers reject that, and it may lead to the company's loss and customers turning to other companies that do not even filter pornographic websites?
Is it possible for someone who worships God and adheres to religious obligations, yet commits minor sins such as listening to music and teaching women, to see the Prophet in a dream? And is this vision real?
Is it permissible to design animate beings and profit from them in 3D entertainment or educational films for children that include comedy and encourage good deeds, with the possibility of a woman appearing in them? And is it permissible to work with a cracked program and profit from it, knowing that its price is very high?
Are earnings from YouTube videos that are free of unlawful content, music, women, and intellectual property rights permissible?
What is the ruling on music, including Islamic anasheeds, and what is the definitive proof of its prohibition, taking into consideration the verse: "And of the people is he who buys speech for diversion to mislead from the way of Allah" - since it stipulated misleading - and the hadith: "There will be people from my Ummah who will consider unlawful sexual intercourse and silk lawful"?
Is the sister's hardheartedness a result of listening to music and watching movies, or is it inherited, especially since she feels anxious due to her shortcomings in worship?