Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
What is the ruling on merging the sound of the Talbiyah or natural sound effects with the recitation of the Holy Quran, and what is the ruling on merging music with recordings of the Holy Quran?
What is the ruling on dealing with a Muslim who uttered disbelief knowingly, or issued a fatwa without knowledge, such as saying that music is only reprehensible, while angry?
Is it permissible to open a PlayStation gaming shop—for football games only—provided there are no images of women or music, payment is made in advance, and a sign prohibiting gambling is displayed? And does this fulfill the obligation?
What is the ruling on attending wedding celebrations that include reprehensible acts such as singing, music, dancing, and immodest dress? Does this mean a complete cessation from attending them? Is this considered a severing of kinship ties? And how can one object when there is no response?
What is the ruling on the presence of music in British educational videos for university students?
What is the ruling on watching a movie that contains no women, except in one or two scenes that can be skipped, and that has music which can be controlled and muted, with the rest of the movie being about lions?
Is the Hadith of musical instruments understood to mean that their prohibition is conditional upon their association with fornication, wine, and silk, and that the "waw" (conjunction "and") in the hadith does not indicate absolute conjunction, and therefore, it is permissible to listen to non-lewd instrumental music?
Is it permissible to listen to a song devoid of music if removing the music requires initially listening to it?
Is watching a music video, series, or musical program unlawful (haram)? And does the viewer bear the same sin as the perpetrator of the iniquity, or is he merely sinful? And does watching a film that insults religion make the viewer an infidel merely by watching it?
Is it permissible to listen to songs from which most of the music has been removed by software, with only a slight trace remaining in the background, if the song does not contain indecent lyrics? And what is the opinion of Sheikh Al-Maghamsi regarding music?
What is the ruling on selling an internet access organization service and collecting user data for institutions that deal with usury, or offer alcohol, or have Sharia prohibitions such as argilah (hookah), music, and intermingling?
Is it permissible to portray written stories through video?
Does the use of educational video clips containing music affect the ruling on their use if the student is in urgent need of an explanation of the lesson?
Why is the principle "that which is forgivable in the subordinate is not forgivable in the superordinate" not applied to educational CDs that contain music which is not intended for its own sake, and why is the knowledge acquired through these materials considered flawed, and what is the ruling on future courses that contain similar educational materials?
Is a person held accountable for causing the purchase of a toy that contains music due to a joke they published, and are there conditions for permissible drawing?
Does watching a YouTube clip that contains music and has one million views make the sins of the previous viewers count against the new viewer, or do his sins begin after the one million mark?
How can things resembling miracles come to pass for disbelievers?
What is the ruling on watching TV series with controls such as lowering the music volume, avoiding indecent scenes, and not being distracted from the remembrance of Allah? And is one who watches them while knowing of their prohibition sinful? And is it sinful to praise and encourage my friend's drawings of manga characters that possess souls?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith about the people of Paradise hearing glorification in exchange for their abandoning hearing singing in this worldly life?
Is buying headphones for a brother who listens to loud music, in order to prevent him from letting others hear it, considered assisting in a sin or a rewarded deed?
Is the car you received from your father – after he promised it to you – forbidden if your study program at the time was not compliant with Sharia and contained Sharia violations, such as a music course, and you were cheating in exams? If so, should you return it to your father?
Is a sin recorded for every viewing of YouTube channels that contain music or images of women, and do those subscribed to these channels bear the sins of everyone who views their content?
What is the ruling on using Facebook and browsing friends' pages and useful and entertaining websites, knowing that images of women or forbidden matters appear in a way that is difficult to avoid or predict, especially since this happens not with the intention of looking at what is forbidden, but for benefit, communication, or entertainment? And how can one reconcile between fatwas that prohibit certain content and those that permit the use of beneficial websites despite the presence of images of women in them?
Is a betrothed girl obliged to obey her parents in holding a wedding party that includes musical instruments and dancing, despite her and her fiancé's desire to complete the marriage without disobeying God, or is it permissible for them not to attend the party and go to their home after the marriage contract, taking into account the embarrassment this may cause her parents?