What is the ruling on watching artworks that include polytheistic phrases such as "you worship the dust beneath your feet" or "you've come to worship it" (referring to a PlayStation), or hearing a song that contains "you ran to bow down to her power" (referring to a human)? Is silence regarding this and not denouncing it considered disbelief if the listener does not know that the speech is disbelief? Does the silent person incur the same sin as the perpetrator of the evil? What is the meaning and ruling of "Sha Allah ya Badawi"? What is the ruling on seeking reconciliation between a father who curses religion and does not pray, and his wife who has abandoned him because of that?
The phrases used in TV series and movies that involve the enslavement [worship/servitude] of other than Allah are reprehensible phrases, but they are not outright disbelief. Listening to them does not make a person an infidel even if he does not condemn them, but such TV series must be avoided. Whoever approves of an evil act while being present for it is a partner to its doer.
As for the phrase "Sha lillah ya Badawi" (For the sake of Allah, O Badawi), it means "Something for Allah, O Badawi." This is impermissible and considered polytheism (shirk) if the intention is to supplicate and ask other than Allah (Sayyid al-Badawi).
If you believe that your father has committed disbelief, it is not permissible for you to return your mother to him while he is in this state. Rather, you must enjoin good upon him and forbid evil from him with gentleness and wisdom, and help him repent.
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