Is one who changes a television channel, upon request, to a channel containing infidel songs or a series that mocks committed Muslims considered an infidel?
It is not permissible to watch TV series that mock religion or religious people, and it is forbidden to listen to blasphemous songs, based on the words of Allah Almighty: "And He has already revealed to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah being denied and ridiculed, do not sit with them until they engage in another conversation. Indeed, in that case, you would be like them." So, whoever sits in a gathering of disobedience and does not denounce them, shares equally in their sin. Similarly, it is forbidden to assist in watching or listening to such matters, based on the words of Allah Almighty: "And do not cooperate in sin and aggression." However, merely watching or listening to such things, or assisting therein, does not constitute disbelief as long as the person is not pleased with the disbelief contained within, but rather commits a sin.
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