Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
Am I sinful if I give my friends movies and TV series that contain music and unveiled women, knowing that they will watch and listen to them? And am I absolved of responsibility if I tell them that I am innocent of every forbidden thing they see or hear?
Is it obligatory to return the price of stolen PlayStation games to their owners, knowing that these games contain forbidden elements? And is returning the price considered aiding in sin?
What is the ruling on watching the cartoon series "Detective Conan" while overlooking some observations such as girls' clothing and music, knowing that it is free of disbelief and polytheistic scenes and focuses on punishing the oppressor and spreading peace?
Is it permissible to listen to quiet music devoid of singing or idle amusement, knowing that there are opinions that the prohibition of musical instruments is linked to their presence with forbidden singing, fornication, and the drinking of alcohol?
What is the ruling on a girl's father attending his daughter's wedding ceremony, which will be held in a hall with music and mixing, based on the wishes of the groom's family and his weak religious commitment? And does this matter prevent it, with the possibility of greater problems arising and the husband abandoning his daughter?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on a wife remaining with her husband who only prays during Ramadan, practices music and singing with non-Muslim companions, despises and denies the hijab, and corrupts the creed of their children?
What is the legal ruling on a school system that includes a communal recitation of Al-Fatiḥah, performing the royal salute and the national anthem with music, a broadcast segment presenting Prophetic حديث (sayings) or national anthems or wisdom, and physical exercises?
What is the ruling on watching documentaries and news channels that contain background music, and does this fall under the ruling of permissible listening if the viewer does not intend to listen to the music?
Is money earned from selling poems that are then set to music to become hymns, with or without rhythm, unlawful or lawful?
How can a seller of tapes, who was robbed a long time ago, be compensated after repentance, knowing that he is no longer in his place and his whereabouts are unknown, and does charity waive his right?
Is light music accompanying Islamic and national anthems considered unlawful (haram), and must videos containing it be deleted, knowing that the questioner is aware that songs involving idle talk are forbidden?
What is the ruling on the money I will receive for supervising an Islamic forum for wedding celebrations (free of women's images and music) if it is part of a wedding celebrations website that includes both Islamic and non-Islamic wedding celebrations, with songs and music present on the general website but not in my specific forum?
Is the Imam accountable for anything if a worshiper's phone rings loudly with music during prayer, and the music intermingles with the remembrance (dhikr) of the prayer?
Can narrators who listen to singing, such as Yusuf ibn Ya'qub al-Majishun and his family, be trusted, even though they are described as "trustworthy in hadith, whose narrations are included in the Sahih collections"?
What is the ruling on electronic games, cartoons, and animation films that depict people and make animals and inanimate objects speak, and is it permissible to create characters using graphics software?
What is the ruling on military music and those who work in it, and what is the proposed alternative for it?
Is continuous, involuntary flatulence, as well as the involuntary emission of bubbles from the vagina, considered nullifiers of ablution? What is the ruling on the prayer of someone to whom this occurs? And does she bear the sin of her brother if he asks her to play music, while she has repented?
Is it permissible to keep pirated foreign films that have been collected over the years after repenting from buying them?
Are the rhythms from wood or a table considered part of the forbidden music?
Is it permissible to download games that contain prohibited music while muting the sound, taking into account that downloading them increases their popularity in the app store?
Is it forbidden to listen to mouth music (vocal percussion) that contains no musical instruments, such as the songs of Michael Tompkins and Alaa Wardi?
What is the ruling on someone who issues a fatwa concerning an issue, believing it to be correct, then it becomes clear to him that it was mistaken, and is he required to inform the one to whom he issued the fatwa of that?
What is the ruling on translating anime that contains music, and is it permissible to translate Japanese manga devoid of romantic content, such as school or science fiction manga?
What is the ruling on participating in demonstrations that include musical instruments or songs with music, or un-Islamic chants, and is it obligatory to avoid places where these reprehensible acts occur within the demonstration, and what is the ruling on watching the demonstration from home if it involves music?