Are parents who watch movies, songs, and TV series with their children considered sinful every time their children commit this disobedience, as well as their descendants until the Day of Judgment, because they are the ones who instilled this disobedience in them? And are parents who instill in their children the viewing of religious programs rewarded every time their children watch these programs, as well as their descendants until the Day of Judgment, because they are the ones who taught their children this good, based on the hadith: "Whoever calls to misguidance will bear its burden, and whoever calls to guidance will have a reward like that of those who act upon it"?
Yes, a person will accrue good deeds and sins for what they caused, called for, or were emulated in, whether directly or indirectly, as indicated by the noble Hadith: "and the burden of those who act upon it until the Day of Resurrection." This applies even if they were not the first to commit evil; it is sufficient that they caused it or were emulated in it, whether they initiated it or followed someone else. Reward and punishment are incurred for what a servant directly performs and practices, and for what results from their action, such as guiding towards it or encouraging it. This does not contradict the Almighty's saying: {And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another}, because whoever institutes a bad practice only carries their own burden; because they opened the door to innovation, and they bear the sin of opening the door and the sin of everyone who enters through it, while those who enter bear the sins of their entry. Imam Al-Bukhari holds that this ruling includes the sin of one who calls to error or institutes a bad practice, and that the deceased is tormented by the weeping of their family if wailing was among their practices. It must be noted that the sin of the one who causes something may not necessarily be equal to the sin of the one who performs it.
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