Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
What is the ruling on listening to music?
Is money earned from marketing halal products through videos containing music and women, and from the advertisements accompanying these videos on YouTube, permissible or impermissible, and is the inclusion of music considered a sin?
Is listening to musical instruments that produce a sound similar to bells, such as a music box, considered forbidden?
What is the ruling on establishing a website that deals with the culture of an Arab country—including customs that may contradict Islamic law, arts that involve music, and tourist landmarks that may be relics of those who were tormented or contain statues—provided that no pictures of immodestly dressed women are published, and with the intention of knowledge rather than glorification or approval?
Is it permissible for a reciter (munshid) to be present at a wedding ceremony, singing with chaste words and without musical instruments, and for men and women to be present in the same garden with separate areas, and to congratulate the bride in halls where there is music and intermingling, without sitting down?
Is it permissible to listen to anime songs and their associated music without watching the anime? And is everything related to anime considered impermissible to follow, taking into account the permissibility of listening to music with its conditions? Is it permissible to convert a police manga that contains objectionable content into a novel for personal reading, by avoiding the offensive situations and words? And what is the ruling on sharing it with others? And is the story of a young man transforming into a small child by taking a drug created by doctors considered an abomination or fiction?
Is working as a telecommunications engineer to operate and maintain electronic devices that broadcast channels and radio stations for the purpose of serving national goals, without relation to the nature of the programs, considered unlawful?
How can one deal with the nephews who watch movies and listen to music, given their mother's unresponsiveness to advice and their father's frequent absence, in order to help them abandon these practices?
Is designing and drawing cartoon dances that imitate famous dances accompanied by music considered among the prohibited forms of drawing, and is the money earned from it unlawful or dubious, and what is the permissible way to practice this work, and how can one dispose of the money if it is dubious, and is it permissible to take one's family for Umrah with this money?
What is the ruling on listening to music in educational videos integrated into English language curricula, and is the student sinful if he remains in the classroom while it is playing, and what is obligatory to do about that?
What is the ruling on going with friends on a trip where it is known beforehand that they will commit forbidden acts such as listening to music, smoking, flirting with foreign women, and cursing religion? And is one who sits with them considered like them in sin, despite his attempt to avoid these abominations? And how does one atone for the sin of backbiting a Muslim woman? And should he refrain from going out with them again if they ask him to?
What is the ruling on money earned from placing advertisements for products on my website based on consumer preferences (using cookies)?
Is the profession of a gym trainer (coach) forbidden (haram)?
Is watching an artwork that includes mockery of religion an act of disbelief (kufr), and does one who follows that work become a disbeliever (kafir) even if he turns away from the scenes of mockery?
Is translating advertisements that may be used for car loudspeakers – which are often used for music – considered a sin? And what is the ruling on advertising devices that can be used for both a permissible and a forbidden purpose?
Is the wife sinful if she does not sit with her husband who watches movies and listens to music, despite her advising him and his not responding?
Does watching YouTube clips—which may contain music and prohibited advertisements—for the purpose of studying make me an assistant to the one who produced them in sin? And does the ruling differ based on the actual presence of advertisements, or the number of views, or the purpose of watching (necessity or entertainment)?
What is the ruling on publishing useful and purposeful educational videos on YouTube, knowing that YouTube displays advertisements that may contain Sharia violations (such as music or alcohol) mandatorily, and the channel owner cannot stop them? And what if these videos are not intended for financial gain but rather to advertise a small project? Can the money generated from the advertisements be given as charity? And is it necessary to completely refrain from publishing to avoid sin?
1. Is it obligatory to give daily charity from the amount allocated to the fund project, or after receiving the weekly amount? And is it sufficient to give any amount as charity? 2. Has the vow not to listen to songs expired after expiation for it, or is it still valid, and what are the implications of that? 3. What is the way to get rid of listening to songs and thinking about lustful matters? And what is the solution to avoid breaking the vow of giving charity?
What is the ruling on a wife’s father allowing his daughter’s wedding ceremony to include music and songs, and is he sinful for that?
What is your opinion on anasheed channels?
Is listening to music during exercise considered an act of obedience or seeking assistance from Satan, or is it merely a sin?
What is the ruling on watching foreign programs or films that include women or music, for the purpose of learning the language for dawah (proselytizing) purposes, while striving to lower one's gaze and avoid forbidden things as much as possible?
What is the ruling on publishing beneficial technical videos that contain background music, and what is the responsibility for allowing their publication? Is earning from this work permissible, knowing that the goal is to spread knowledge and not music?