Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
Is it true that music and fornication began in the era of Seth, and that Satan was the one who introduced music and drums to the people of Cain, and is Seth a real figure mentioned in authentic hadiths?
What is the ruling on watching comedic plays while avoiding segments that contain immodestly dressed women?
What is the ruling on allowing one's wife to attend a wedding that includes forbidden things like music, and is the husband sinful for that, and what is the correct Shar'i (Islamic legal) action in such cases, and what are the regulations for attending such events?
What is the ruling on remaining in a class where images and films with music are shown, and students are required to identify the type of music to pass the course?
Is a comedian actor and director absolved of sin if he uses YouTube ads to support his channel, which offers conservative and purposeful content, despite knowing that he cannot control the music or the appearance of women in these ads, but he chooses when the ad appears and warns his viewers about the religious ruling on listening to music and seeing women, and asks them to lower the volume, avert their gaze, or close the ad?
How can I help a friend who does not pray regularly, listens to music, accompanies a bad friend and refuses to abandon her, communicates with foreign young men, and adorns herself and wears perfume when going out, while refusing advice?
Is listening to foreign songs as background music while performing other tasks, without dedicating time to them or being distracted from duties, and without them arousing instincts or carrying bad meanings (with the possibility of some meanings related to love that are not explicit), considered Haram?
Is it permissible to use welcoming music on an educational CD that explains a scientific program, knowing that its absence may affect the CD's appeal and organization?
Is working in television as a program producer unlawful (haram)? And what is the solution?
Is dancing forbidden (haram)? Is a girl dancing alone in her house forbidden? What harm is there if she learns to dance in front of a mirror? Does this have any connection to jinn? And do jinn really fall in love with girls who have long hair?
Is it permissible to watch movies that contain polytheistic stories and ideas?
What is the ruling on listening to music without lyrics?
Is it permissible to copy computer discs containing games free of spiritual images, knowing that the seller gives a religious disc as a gift each time?
Is it permissible to draw for prizes worth one million Saudi riyals offered by a newspaper that features the minaret and dome of the Prophet's Mosque, while the draw itself includes dancing and music?
What is your opinion on watching Spacetoon?
What is the ruling on working for a company that builds a music school and an exhibition hall, and what is the ruling if there is no other option?
What is the ruling on a friend working in the military in the specialty of music, and is it permissible for him to teach military students music to obtain certificates, knowing that he is in need of money and receives a salary increase for doing so?
Is it permissible to watch useful medical videos accompanied by music that cannot be removed, even if there is a doctor's explanation in them?
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning some of the newly introduced innovations in wedding halls, such as: the bridal dais (kosha), the round tables on which coffee, tea, nuts, and sweets are placed along with candles, and the elevated pathway on which the bride walks during her entrance into the halls?
Is it permissible to attend mandatory music classes at school to avoid failure, with the intention of seeking forgiveness afterward?
Will the maternal cousin, who the sheikhs described as bewitched, and who does not pray, and madly listens to music, and refuses treatment, be punished?
What is the ruling on listening to songs and music when compelled to do so, such as on public transportation?
Does the prohibition of playing with dice (az-zahr) include all types of games that rely on it, even beneficial or Islamic ones?
What is the ruling on producing and publishing entertaining video clips on YouTube with the intention of making people laugh?