Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
What is the ruling on selling computer CDs that include games like chess and Kootcheena, whether they contain only one game or multiple games along with it, knowing that they do not contain songs, music, or movies, except for religious ones?
Should one distance oneself from a close friend who listens to music?
Is it permissible to listen to the poem "Daththirīnī Ya Munīra" by the poet Nasser Al-Fara'nah, especially with the poet's use of the phrase "Daththirīnī Zammilīnī," which resembles Aisha's description of the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and does this usage render listening to the poem impermissible?
Is it permissible to say to someone who condemns and exposes a wine-drinker, while he himself listens to music, that the ruling on listening to music is the same as the ruling on drinking wine in terms of prohibition?
Is it permissible to buy an electronic gaming device with the intention of investing and making a financial profit, knowing that the games include questions, information, and tests of abilities and intelligence, and are accompanied by light music and sound effects when starting the game?
What is the ruling on rhythms that resemble prohibited music, and on the appearance of beautiful veiled girls in Islamic anasheed (chants) with the intention of conveying a message to young people?
What is the ruling on greeting a fasiq (openly sinful person) and a disobedient person—such as one who listens to music—and one whose state is unknown?
What is the ruling on one who owns a media project that includes the internet and the copying of laser discs for people containing films, songs, and sports, and is the ruling on the internet project alone the same as the ruling on working with laser discs?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on earning money from working in the Moral Guidance Department of the national army, which uses musical instruments in national anthems to encourage soldiers?
Is it permissible to use wedding songs that contain a small proportion of forbidden musical instruments, so slight that these sounds are barely distinguishable, and are there specific tapes suitable for women's wedding celebrations?
What is the ruling on earning from renting out theaters for weddings and events, and renting out video cameras?
Is money earned from selling forbidden films and songs prior to repentance considered an illicit gain, and how can one dispose of this money if it has become mixed with lawful money?
Is it permissible to earn money from developing or maintaining websites, such as 250 Riyals for developing or maintaining a website? And would I be sinful if I later discovered that the website owner had placed prohibitions, such as female images or music sections, after I finished maintaining the site, knowing that I had previously stipulated to him not to support these prohibitions?
Is one who exercises in a gym where music is played, in deference to the wishes of some members, considered sinful, knowing that he does not pay attention to it and that the majority of gyms do so?
What is the ruling on looking at pictures of children and cartoon pictures?
What should a son do when his father orders him to let his sister listen to music, claiming that her voice is 'awrah if she raises it during an argument when he tries to turn off the recorder?
Is leasing considered a permissible method for acquiring a car, or does it fall under the ruling of prohibited usury (riba)?
What is the ruling on listening to religious songs sung by female vocalists like Yasmine El Khayam?
Is it obligatory to answer a question about the ruling on music by prohibiting it with a fatwa that it is haram and that its listener is sinful, or is it sufficient to say that one refrains from issuing a fatwa? And is that considered concealing knowledge or a fatwa?
What is the ruling on working in a mobile phone shop if colleagues smoke and listen to music, and this cannot be denounced to them for fear of dismissal?
What should I do about my study of gym sports, which requires immodest clothing, with the presence of young men and listening to songs, and in the event of not practicing, I am asked to provide a medical certificate, which may force me to cheat and lie?
Is expiation obligatory for someone who swore not to smoke cigarettes, watch pornographic films, or speak to girls, then listened to music and forgot whether he had sworn against it or not?
Is it permissible to restrict visiting the deceased parents' relatives to holidays only, given that some of them are indifferent to the mother's death and say that mourning is three days, knowing that Allah has forbidden singing and dancing?
What is the ruling on music if the hadiths mentioned concerning it are weak, and is it forbidden merely by listening to it, or only when indulged in for amusement?