Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
What are the plans or benefits through which a project of "boycotting" anasheed containing rhythm and music can be implemented, especially with its spread and influence on Muslim youth in Gaza, and with the aim of returning to God as a reason for victory?
What is the ruling on allowing the playing of Arabic and foreign songs and computer games (such as football and others) in an internet café that does not permit the display of immoral websites?
What is the ruling on profiting from internet advertisements, and what are the conditions for its permissibility?
Should sections containing material that violates Islamic law, such as musical greeting cards, be removed from hosted websites, or is offering advice sufficient? And if the website owner refuses to remove them, must they be removed despite the potential damage to the hosting service's reputation?
Is working in the army band unlawful (haram) because of the music?
What should a person do who works in an office where the sound of the Qur’an and music are mixed, and he has advised his colleagues to lower the volume of the music without success? Is this mixing permissible? Should he stop listening to the Qur’an? And is he sinful if he does not continue to advise them, knowing their refusal and their awareness of its prohibition?
What is the ruling on living above a wedding hall owned by one's father, in which there is mixing (of sexes), music, and photography?
Is it permissible to earn money by collaborating with Udemy?
Is academic musical study permissible or forbidden, given that the questioner is a professor at the academy and is about to complete his master's and doctorate degrees?
What is the ruling on going to barbers who play music, knowing that I remember Allah in my heart and do not know of a nearby barber who does not play music, except for some whose haircuts are not good?
What is the ruling on listening to music?
Is it permissible to play in a club that has music and intermixing?
What is the ruling on playing music in an internet café, knowing that it is prohibited and that it is possible to block pornographic websites?
Is listening to music forbidden?
Does a clearance of liability absolve the sender of entertainment clips that contain forbidden elements such as music or images of women from sin?
What is the ruling on listening to or learning beatboxing, which is the production of music-like sounds with the mouth without instruments?
What is the ruling on money earned from singing and holding concerts, and is it obligatory to dispose of it all at once, or is it permissible to dispose of it in installments while taking into account helping the needy and continuing with the sacrifice?
What are the means that lead to steadfastness in religion, especially with the abundance of surrounding tribulations, temptations, and doubts, such as the spread of music in public and private places?
What is the ruling on listening to music after the Tarawih prayer?
Is the humble understanding of the Hadith, "The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear," – that if scholars differ on an issue, such as the obligation of the niqab or the prohibition of music, it is better to adopt the stricter opinion – correct? And was a Quranic verse revealed concerning music, upon which Abdullah ibn Mas'ud commented?
What is the ruling on the vocal rhythms currently incorporated into anasheeds?
What is the ruling on watching video films in general, and documentary films?
What is the ruling on working for an information technology company that deals with musical satellite channels such as "Rotana," "Mazzika," and "Melody" through SMS services or the "Al-Hawa Sawa" program?
Why do some scholars forbid music, and are there any textual evidences in the Quran and Sunnah that prohibit it?