Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
Is it permissible to continue cooperating with a satellite channel that broadcasts radio programs interspersed with music at times, knowing that not all of its musical content can be controlled?
What is the ruling on selling mobile phones to those who use them for communication and permissible matters, but it is highly probable that they will also use them for listening to widespread songs and music that they do not consider forbidden?
Is cartoon music permissible or forbidden, and how can one get rid of the desire to listen to it if it is forbidden?
Is a husband Islamically entitled to refuse to buy a television set for the house, fearing it might be used in ways displeasing to Allah, knowing that his wife does not listen to music and is willing to purchase it with her own money?
Will God hold me accountable if I let my sisters play music, based on the desire of my father who prevents me from intervening and threatens to expel me from the house if I delete it?
What is the ruling on video games that include killing, drugs, and nudity, while overlooking the scenes of nudity?
What is the ruling on women watching movies and TV series that contain only women, while averting the gaze when the awrah appears and muting the sound when music is present?
Is one who buys licensed software that contains music which cannot be deleted from the disc, in order to help another person, sinful?
Is it true that the Hanafis declared someone who enjoys the sound of singing and musical instruments to be a disbeliever?
What is the ruling on downloading anime or manga that contain music or images of women from the internet? Is that considered forbidden promotion? What is the ruling on downloading from websites that host copyrighted books? And what is the meaning of the letter "C" found at the bottom of many websites?
Is buying a Wii device unlawful (haram) because it contains games with music, even though its games are movement-based and beneficial for children?
Is the repentance of someone who repented from listening to music at the age of 11, without knowing the conditions of repentance, then returned to listening to it, and now at the age of 17 wishes to repent again, accepted?
What should I do concerning my father who eats in front of the television, and if music plays, I do not have the courage to turn off the sound or the television? Is my age considered an excuse for me not to change this reprehensible act?
What is the solution for the committed young man who, not intending to sever ties, shuns his relatives out of fear of their negative influence and their requests for him to shave his beard and shake their hands, especially since they listen to music and commit forbidden acts?
What is the ruling regarding my grandmother and her daughter, who perform a singing act, forbid others from performing evil, and believe that the prohibition of listening to songs is less severe than the prohibition of looking at them?
What should I do about my attachment to composing music and lyrics, knowing that I must stop doing so?
What is the ruling on listening to game sounds, such as car sounds with or without effects?
Is composing and distributing respectable and sophisticated art, which benefits the nation, considered permissible despite the possibility of it bringing in ill-gotten gains?
Is repentance for the specific act one wishes to repent from, or for all sins? And is repentance from listening to music accepted if the person returns to listening to it and repents again?
Is it permissible to disable a receiver that broadcasts immoral films, series, and music without the knowledge of the family or its owner, given the possibility of them discovering it and becoming angry, especially since they complain when the Qur’an is played?
What is the reason and wisdom behind the prohibition of musical instruments, and does this include sound effects similar to music? What is the difference between the enjoyment derived from musical instruments and the enjoyment derived from the beautiful voice of a Quran reciter? And how can we reconcile these two points?
What is the ruling on publishing animated videos for children on YouTube to achieve financial profits from advertisements, and is the permission of the producing companies required for that, bearing in mind that they are widely available on the internet and television and do not include prohibited content?
What is the ruling on practicing musical instruments, such as the piano, for university study, if it is a compulsory subject without which one cannot pass the academic year or obtain the degree?
Is it obligatory to correct the fatwa for those who were advised that music and the duff are forbidden?