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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?

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Watching anime is permissible in principle, as long as it is free from শরীয়া (Islamic law) prohibitions, such as disbelief-inducing beliefs, destructive ideas, naked scenes, and music. Music is prohibited by the majority of scholars, so it is not permissible to listen to it.

Reading and translating comics (manga) and novels are forbidden if they contain শরীয়া (Islamic law) prohibitions or incite corruption. It is necessary to avoid anything of this nature. There is ample room for stories free from prohibitions. If they contain minor and incidental শরীয়া (Islamic law) objections, and these are not fundamental to the story, then there is no objection to reading and translating them while removing those objections.

The story of a young man transforming into a child due to a drug created by doctors does not appear to contain any শরীয়া (Islamic law) transgressions and falls under the category of imagination.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

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