Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
Will the father and daughter be sinful if the father buys music tapes with rhythm, and the daughter gifts them to her aunts and they listen to them?
Is the profit from repairing PlayStation devices and selling discs (that are not immoral) permissible or forbidden?
Are computer games (such as car racing or strategy games) permissible or forbidden, and does the Prophet's ﷺ race with Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) make physical games permissible, as well as mental games?
Is money taken from a father who works in a music band unlawful (haram)? And will it remove blessings (barakah) from food and the home because of it? And what should be done with a musical instrument that was bought before repentance?
Is it permissible to say, "So-and-so has repented," and will Allah forgive whoever says that, and is it permissible to say to someone, "Do not say you have repented while you listen to music"?
Is it a guarantee against Allah's plotting that a person repents from listening to music while intending to return to it?
Is the saying: "By the life of my heart and its joys" an oath considered polytheism (shirk), and is it permissible?
Is it permissible to marry a girl who requests music on her wedding night, with the intention of repenting from this sin after marriage, due to weakness of will and fear of deviance?
Is it permissible for me not to respond to my parents and siblings when they ask me to do tasks while they are playing TV shows and songs loudly, and instead just play religious sermons to avoid listening? And is it permissible for me not to respond to my father when he asks me to do tasks while he is smoking until he finishes?
Is someone who stopped playing a computer game because it contained a cross, but his sister still plays it, considered an infidel? And is someone who plays a fighting game as a soldier in an infidel state considered an infidel?
Is it permissible for a wife to dance in front of her husband to women's anasheed with the daff, or to men's anasheed without the daff, while each can hear the other's voice? And can the hadith of Buraydah be used as evidence for the permissibility of that?
What is the ruling on a vow that entails fasting three days, praying two rak'ahs, and giving charity for every song heard, taking into consideration not remembering the number of the poor, and does this vow continue for every song heard in the future after repentance?
Are watching television series and listening to music considered grave sins? And is the testimony of one who does so not accepted? What is their punishment? Is it true that molten lead will be poured into their ears? And does seeking forgiveness erase sins, even with a return to disobedience, by saying "Subhan Allah wa bihamdih" (Glorified is Allah and praised be He)?
What is the ruling on singing and celebrating Christmas, and is it permissible to only have recitations therein?
Is the husband's action of deleting the Turkish TV series channel that his wife was watching, leaving her in bed, and not taking the initiative to apologize, considered correct, or is he sinful for that? And what is the optimal course of action in this situation?
Do good deeds atone for minor sins, which include listening to music, looking at indecent pictures, and shaking hands with women, and is the perpetrator of these sins treated the same as one who avoids all prohibitions?
Is singing with musical instruments considered one of the permissible matters of disagreement, especially given the existence of a treatise by Al-Shawkani that refutes the consensus on the prohibition of listening [to music]?
Is it obligatory to leave the room upon hearing music, and is an expiatory oath (kaffarat yamin) required if one hears a song, and is the illness of girls related to not fulfilling a vow?
Does divorce occur due to obsessive thoughts regarding allusive phrases, such as pressing words on a mobile phone or pointing to them, or when the word "mobile phone" is mentioned with the intention of the wife, or when the phone is requested with the intention of the wife, or when listening to songs with the intention of allusive phrases and ẓihār?
Does the repentant bear the sin of the one who bought music tapes from him and is still listening to them?
What is the ruling on listening to anasheed (Islamic vocal music) that originates from the people of innovation (Ahl al-Bid'ah), and is this considered a grave sin?
Is selling subscriptions to the Orbit Showtime satellite TV package permissible or forbidden?
Is it permissible to benefit from the money obtained from selling computer games that contained music?
Is it permissible to listen to anasheed (Islamic songs) that include a dialogue between someone optimistic about despair and another optimistic about the future of Palestine, with an issue regarding the use of the word "only" in an anasheed describing the mother, and does this conflict with seeking Allah's pleasure?