Music and Entertainment

1,388 questions

What is the ruling on watching dubbed series, such as Turkish series?
Is it permissible to cite a child's natural inclination and admiration for music as evidence for its permissibility, based on the principle that Islam is the religion of innate disposition (fitra)?
Is listening to music that is forbidden by the consensus of the four schools of thought considered grounds for rejecting testimony, and does committing an act that compromises one's integrity necessitate sin?
How can one deal with a future wife who loves singing, TV series, and movies to encourage her to abandon them? Is it better to be harsh and definitively cut them off, or to be patient and advise gently?
What is the ruling on listening to anasheed that contain music, knowing that they do not compete with the Qur'an in one's heart?
Is it permissible for me to continue my work in mobile programming and downloading ringtones that include anasheed (Islamic chants) and songs, given our difficult financial circumstances and my father's large debts and the lack of other employment, knowing that a sheikh has temporarily permitted me this work until another job becomes available?
Is it permissible to work for companies that design and produce electronic games which corrupt the lives of many people, especially children?
What are the Sharia prohibitions and guidelines that must be observed when supervising the Computer and Designs sections in a women's forum, especially concerning images, signatures, messenger titles, words of love and romance, and links for downloading programs, in order to avoid sin in this responsibility?
Is it permissible to go to a park that has a designated swimming area for women, concealed from men, but plays music throughout, and how can one convince a mother who wishes to go and listens to music of this?
Is working in a printing press that prints wedding invitations containing phrases such as "a musical band will perform tonight," or "a DJ will perform tonight," or "artist so-and-so will perform tonight" unlawful (haram)? And what should be done?
Is it permissible to learn singing for the purpose of improving one's voice in the recitation of the Quran?
Is a husband held responsible for the presence of music channels in the home when his wife refuses to remove them?
What is the ruling on the wages received by actors in films that involve intermingling, and is the ruling the same for men and women in this regard, especially given their rejection of advice?
Are dishes (receivers), al-Falak 1 and al-Falak 2, Islamic enough to raise children at home, and what is the alternative if they are not?
Does the listener of the Noble Quran bear a sin if the sounds of its recitation are mixed with music and other sounds, taking into consideration the noble verse: {And when the Quran is recited, then listen to it and pay attention}?
What is the ruling on money earned from the acting profession, while committing not to mix with or touch women, as well as in cultural palaces?
Is "tatayyun" permissible?
Is it permissible for a football player to sing a farewell song containing simple music for his retiring teammate, with the intention of not angering him and showing his affection, knowing that the singing player is well-mannered and does much good?
Is it permissible to create an Islamic chat program that prohibits pornographic content and content insulting the Messenger (peace be upon him), knowing that there will be private rooms that cannot be monitored and public rooms that might be used for music?
What is the ruling on joining clubs that play music, if all clubs in the country do so?
What is the ruling on using musical instruments for dawah (proselytizing) in the West, and can an example be given for the rule "necessities permit the forbidden" in the field of dawah?
What is the ruling on guarding music exams scheduled by the Ministry of Education?
Is playing an online war game that contains a tribe called "Romans" and a soldier named "the Sage" permissible or forbidden, and is supporting this tribe, or playing with other tribes, or playing the game in general permissible or forbidden?
Is one who repairs a car stereo—that his brother uses to listen to music, and he is unable to prevent him from doing so—sinful?

Music and Entertainment

What is the ruling on watching dubbed series, such as Turkish series?

Is it permissible to cite a child's natural inclination and admiration for music as evidence for its permissibility, based on the principle that Islam is the religion of innate disposition (fitra)?

Is listening to music that is forbidden by the consensus of the four schools of thought considered grounds for rejecting testimony, and does committing an act that compromises one's integrity necessitate sin?

How can one deal with a future wife who loves singing, TV series, and movies to encourage her to abandon them? Is it better to be harsh and definitively cut them off, or to be patient and advise gently?

What is the ruling on listening to anasheed that contain music, knowing that they do not compete with the Qur'an in one's heart?

Is it permissible to work for companies that design and produce electronic games which corrupt the lives of many people, especially children?

Is it permissible to go to a park that has a designated swimming area for women, concealed from men, but plays music throughout, and how can one convince a mother who wishes to go and listens to music of this?

Is working in a printing press that prints wedding invitations containing phrases such as "a musical band will perform tonight," or "a DJ will perform tonight," or "artist so-and-so will perform tonight" unlawful (haram)? And what should be done?

Is it permissible to learn singing for the purpose of improving one's voice in the recitation of the Quran?

Is a husband held responsible for the presence of music channels in the home when his wife refuses to remove them?

What is the ruling on the wages received by actors in films that involve intermingling, and is the ruling the same for men and women in this regard, especially given their rejection of advice?

Are dishes (receivers), al-Falak 1 and al-Falak 2, Islamic enough to raise children at home, and what is the alternative if they are not?

Does the listener of the Noble Quran bear a sin if the sounds of its recitation are mixed with music and other sounds, taking into consideration the noble verse: {And when the Quran is recited, then listen to it and pay attention}?

What is the ruling on money earned from the acting profession, while committing not to mix with or touch women, as well as in cultural palaces?

Is "tatayyun" permissible?

Is it permissible for a football player to sing a farewell song containing simple music for his retiring teammate, with the intention of not angering him and showing his affection, knowing that the singing player is well-mannered and does much good?

Is it permissible to create an Islamic chat program that prohibits pornographic content and content insulting the Messenger (peace be upon him), knowing that there will be private rooms that cannot be monitored and public rooms that might be used for music?

What is the ruling on joining clubs that play music, if all clubs in the country do so?

What is the ruling on using musical instruments for dawah (proselytizing) in the West, and can an example be given for the rule "necessities permit the forbidden" in the field of dawah?

What is the ruling on guarding music exams scheduled by the Ministry of Education?

Is playing an online war game that contains a tribe called "Romans" and a soldier named "the Sage" permissible or forbidden, and is supporting this tribe, or playing with other tribes, or playing the game in general permissible or forbidden?

Is one who repairs a car stereo—that his brother uses to listen to music, and he is unable to prevent him from doing so—sinful?