Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
Is it permissible for adults to play PlayStation football games, without extravagance, knowing that it includes images of Western players and clubs, and is played without music?
What is the ruling on displaying advertisements that are incompatible with Quranic verses being recited simultaneously on television screens, and what is the ruling on the public watching such channels?
Is it permissible to prevent one's mother and maid from watching cultural and comedic television programs that contain music and sound effects, based on the prohibition of music except for the daff?
Is it permissible to engage in activities such as dancing to the tune of calm music and watching cartoon films (anime) under the pretext of fulfilling psychological desires in a permissible way, and is it permissible to stay overnight in a hotel that serves alcohol and whose women do not observe modesty? What are the legitimate alternatives to these activities? And how can a husband be helped to change his standards to conform to the pleasure of Allah?
Is it permissible to watch a documentary about Buddhist monks for the purpose of thanking Allah for the blessing of Islam?
Do angels not enter a closed room designated for reading and memorizing the Quran if the apartment contains music or songs?
What is the ruling on money earned from renting out computers containing belly dance music for events where young men and unveiled young women intermingle, knowing that there is no other work available?
Is it permissible to create an entertainment and comedy website that includes comedic plays?
What is the ruling on listening to anasheed that include sound effects such as the sounds of birds or laughter, or electronic sound effects, knowing that these anasheed are free of musical instruments?
What is the ruling on the FIFA game that does not show the 'awrah (private parts) and keeps the camera away from the face, making it difficult to see except during goals, and is it permissible to play with moving bodies in the form of living beings only?
Does the sound of phone buttons that is emitted when they are pressed, or when redialing and it becomes a successive, musical pattern, fall under prohibited music?
What is the ruling on studying at the Higher Institute for Cinema and the Production of Purposeful Documentary and Cinematic Films that are free of women and music?
Am I sinful for my brother and father using the computer I will buy to watch songs and movies, and what are the consequences for me if I do not object to them? And am I sinful if I download a music player program for the Quran and they use it for songs and I do not advise them?
What is the interpretation of the oscillation between religious commitment and being drawn towards prohibitions (chatting with men and pornographic websites), and to what extent does this affect God's view and the future of the relationship with the fiancé?
Is it permissible or forbidden to build a wedding hall?
Do the sounds of toys containing balls or squares, which make sounds to attract children's attention, fall under the category of music?
Would the shop be permissible if the goods of a shop selling music tapes and CDs were sold, and then the money obtained was used to open a shop selling foodstuffs?
Does encouraging a character in a film to kill another character count as real murder?
Is it permissible to engage in congregational dhikr aloud and simultaneously? Is it better than listening to music when gathering in a sitting? Or is this one of Satan's ploys?
Is it permissible to listen to tambourines accompanied by empty food cans that are beaten, and is it permissible to listen to an instrument resembling a tambourine that Egyptians use in their oriental dances, and another that Iraqis use?
What is the ruling on participating in free internet competitions that rely on accumulating points by selecting virtual players, and winning in-kind prizes based on the actual performance of the players?
Is listening to music considered a major sin or a minor sin, and does it become a major sin through persistence and excessiveness?
Is it obligatory to delete impermissible programs and channels that the questioner previously downloaded for his relatives? Is it sufficient to advise those whom he taught how to download channels and programs to rid himself of sin? And is he sinful for downloading religious channels that contain anasheeds and music?
Is it permissible to replace music with the duff (tambourine) while retaining the lyrics of popular love and romantic songs at Islamic weddings, knowing that the original ruling permits listening to songs accompanied by the duff at women's weddings?