Is it permissible to watch or publish a documentary or scientific film that contains music integrated with speech in such a way that it cannot be separated, knowing that these films may be available in other languages and directed at non-Muslims?
It is not permissible to watch, listen to, or circulate films that contain music, due to the prohibition of listening to music. One's efforts should rather be directed towards listening to and disseminating the texts of the two Revelations (the Qur’an and Sunnah), for in them is the clarification of the reality of this world and the Hereafter, and the means to happiness in both. There are scientific and historical films that are free of music, such as the films by Sheikh Al-Zindani and Dr. Zaghloul Al-Najjar.
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