Entertainment & Arts

Assalamu Alaikum mufti saheb, hope you are very well. I had a question: In our school, for certain english lessons we are told to get into groups and prepare a play for the rest of the class and then perform when ready. The plays we do are for different story lines and events. So, we…

What if someone else is listening to music and watching television and you can't tell them to stop, it would be still sinful for me?

Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, mufti saheeb! People are whistling: a) in sports, when a whistle is used at the start of runners; b) in everyday life, children whistle to each other and play like that; c) in emergency cases, when people get lost in the forest, and they can find each other through…

can i play the games with the following conditions? : 1)--Killing of zombies(no excessive violence) 2Killing and stealing(no addiction and no obsessive violence and no addiction) 3)—A game in which the iram of the pillars(city of a’ad) and jiins are shown and the hero has to go into the city and kill the jinns in…

Is having a profile picture of a video game or cartoon character Haram? For example Bart Simpson or Mario? Since they are technically drawings

Assalamualikum muftisaheb l have a few items (bedding, etc) which contains depictions of butterflies on them. Please could muftisaheb advise, specifically regarding the image of a butterfly, is it considered as an animate object which would need to be covered when one performs salah, or goes to bed at night, etc? 2) If it does…

السلامُ عليكم ورحمة اللهِ وبركاتهُ In my school, we are required to attend a mandatory choir class. In this class we are made to sing alongside a musical accompaniment. I know that doing such is forbidden, but there are no better alternatives; the only one being band class which is arguably worse. Also, I have…

Assalam u Alaikum sir whenever I watch tv i try not to watch anything that is kufr or disrespectful to our religion even i boycott channels whose any program shows offensive content. Recently i saw a channel it's entertainment channel and shows news and sports also but some years back it produced program dealing with…

Why didn't Allah clearly mention that music is impermissible in the Qur’an? Assalamu Alaikum. From Sahih Bukhari Hadith No. 5590 we find that music is impermissible. However, as Allah سبحانه وتعٰلىٰ states “He (has) explained in detail to you what He (has) forbidden”. Seeing as he explained in detail to you that which was forbidden,…

Question: A group has organised a golf social league on the following basis. A committee has been appointed to administer all affairs of the league. *The committee does not get paid for there efforts* In order to enter into the league, a participant will pay R500.00 once off. All participants have to pay this amount…