Music and Entertainment
1,388 questions
Do my statements to a person—"You're speaking dirty words," when he asked me to play religious lectures, and "If it starts with music," upon hearing the sound of religious advice—count as mocking and insulting the religion?
Is it permissible to make and sell graphic television interstitial templates that are free of music and images of animate beings, knowing that the buyer is the one who adds the music and titles? And is it permissible to make visual representations for the Holy Quran (such as fire for torment and natural scenery for Paradise)? And is it permissible to make animated cartoons of animate characters as silhouettes that contain no details?
What is the ruling on celebrating a wedding out of joy for a son and brother?
What is the ruling on moans accompanied by clapping or whistling as a substitute for music?
What is the ruling on holding a wedding party in mixed-gender halls with music and dancing, and is it permissible to apologize and separate if the bride's family insists on that?
Is it permissible to support or interact with Instagram accounts that post anime pictures and mention its name, given the possibility of indecent scenes and music in the original anime, even if the interaction is limited to answering direct questions without commenting on the anime itself?
What is the ruling on using images of women that show part of their bodies, hair, or faces in marketing products for dropshipping, and what is the ruling on using videos that contain music for reviewing products?
How can one reconcile the permissibility of going out to parks and gardens, while adhering to Sharia controls, with other fatwas that forbid going to mixed beaches and resorts due to the spread of nudity, immorality, and mixing, especially when going to these places with friends, some of whom may intend to gaze unlawfully and commit other transgressions?
What is the ruling on watching a series that contains an intermittently occurring forbidden element, if I avert my gaze from the forbidden or skip the part where it appears?
What is the ruling on continuing to read and watch comic stories that show characters performing evil acts accompanied by drawings resembling Satan, or drawings of fire around angry characters?
Should one continue following the program of a foreign person who mistakenly, out of ignorance, put music with the Qur’an, then apologized and corrected his mistake, with a promise not to repeat it? And what should one do if the mistake is repeated?
Is electronic music devoid of live instruments and vocalizations included under the prohibition of regular songs? And is it permissible to upload games and programs circulated online, knowing that the producing company has covered its costs and profits from sales?
Is merely denouncing the reprehensible in a gentle manner, without offering advice and clarifying the impermissibility of music by citing verses and hadiths, sufficient, and what is its ruling?
Is it permissible to run an advertising campaign for goods sold in a commercial store?
What is the ruling on watching programs and skipping sections that contain music with the aim of increasing viewership and attracting advertisers?
Is it permissible to design a website for selling music discs and to assist its owner in publishing and promoting it?
How do you deal with a Muslim who considers a certain issue permissible while you consider it forbidden, such as the permissibility of photography or its impermissibility, or the permissibility of holding a wedding that includes female voices and singing or its impermissibility, or the permissibility of combining prayers while resident or its impermissibility?
What is the ruling on selling an account in an electronic game (such as Boom Beach) after reaching a high level in it, and what is the ruling on the money acquired from this sale?
What is the ruling on using an application for learning English that contains musical tones that cannot always be muted, given the necessity of using it to strengthen one's language skills?
Is it forbidden to buy a toy that contains music if the buyer knows of its presence and turns it off when playing?
What is the ruling on money acquired from a university competition that required making a purposeful video, but included music that was added out of necessity for the sake of coherence, knowing the dire need for this money?
What is the ruling on staying in a hotel where intoxicants are not seen, but there is music, musical instruments, and halls for weddings and birthday celebrations, and is traveling to it for a doctor's appointment considered a sin that prevents obtaining a travel permit?
What is the advice directed to pilgrims who harm people with forbidden acts such as smoking or playing loud music?
Is it permissible to use the sound effects from the program "99" in YouTube clips for the purpose of humor, knowing that the ruling on sound effects is divided into impermissible if they resemble music and permissible if they do not resemble musical instruments?