Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
What is the ruling on listening to singing, and what is the ruling on raising one's voice with it in cars?
What is the ruling on building a rest house to be rented out for events, given that the renters may use it for parties that include forbidden things like music and dancing? And is the money earned from that unlawful?
What is the ruling on quiet songs with ordinary lyrics, given that natural sounds such as birds, water, and wind contain something akin to music, and that Prophet David, peace be upon him, used to seek forgiveness with psalms?
What is the ruling on this apartment and the actions that take place within it, and what is the ruling on the young man who manages it while maintaining congregational prayers?
Is watching television permissible in Islam, and are there any conditions for it?
What is the ruling on playing "The Sims," a 3D game in which families are formed, houses are built, and characters move around?
What is the ruling on opening forums and sections on websites for songs, music, art, cinema, and satellite channels? Is there sin upon the general supervisor, the website owner, and the members for any participation? Is there sin upon the supervisor, manager, or website owner if a member places female images in their signature and posts?
What is the ruling on dress-up games, drawing anime with the head separated, taking book solutions from the internet, watching cartoons without music for girls wearing sportswear, and wearing a niqab with the eyes covered?
Is this type of song permissible or forbidden?
Is money earned from the YouTube advertising program, which displays images and texts with the uploaded video, permissible, knowing that images are prohibited in Islam?
What is the ruling on a software engineer participating in a project for an application to teach women belly dancing for the purpose of weight loss, where the instructional videos show women in tight sportswear, knowing that the application targets only women in foreign and Arab countries?
What is the ruling on subscribing to the "Shada" channel, which specializes in Islamic anasheeds, and is it permissible or forbidden, especially since the family insists on subscribing to it?
What is the ruling on owning a store for managing electronic games for children, in exchange for a fee (2 Saudi Riyals) per hour? And is it similar to playing with dice and chess, which are prohibited? And what is the reason for the prohibition of those games?
Is designing signatures that contain animated drawings assembled using Photoshop, and saving them on a computer, forbidden (haram)? If so, what are the proofs, and how did they become forbidden? What advice is directed to members regarding drawings of living beings and other things?
How do I stop watching movies and TV series?
What is the ruling on placing a PlayStation in an recreational dawah camp with the aim of attracting youth, solely for playing football matches with Arab and foreign teams?
Is working for a company that sells audio and visual materials, some of which are religious and some of which include music and films, unlawful (haram)? What is the ruling on the earnings acquired from it, knowing that it is the sole source of income and difficult to leave?
Is singing prohibited according to the school of thought of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal?
What is the ruling on watching a program for teaching sewing presented by a woman who does not adhere to the rituals of Islam, and what is the ruling on watching cartoons?
Is it correct to describe anasheeds (vocal chants/songs) as "Islamic"?
Is it permissible to use a musical instrument that produces the sound of a duff (tambourine) in chanting, and is it permissible to replace it with a real duff, and is the participation of chanters with these (performers) considered a sin, and is the earnings from this chanting unlawful?
Is protecting programs that contain abominations (music or programs for people of innovation) with the aim of reducing their copying and increasing the purchase of original copies a forbidden or permissible act?
Is one who invites another to listen to music, while knowing that the other person already listens to it, sinful?
What is the ruling on listening to songs after separating the music from them using a specialized program, while being careful to choose songs that do not contain words of love or flirtation, and which are mostly foreign?