What is the answer to one who cites the permissibility of acting or drama based on the incident of the angels taking the form of humans?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does one who cites the angels taking the form of humans as evidence for the permissibility of acting and plays have any basis for that?
Answer:
This is a distortion of the words from their proper context. The angels take the form of humans because we are not able to see them. As for acting among people, you are not able to see the actor until he comes to you in the form of a donkey, or a monkey, or a form that you are not able to see as a human. This is a distortion of the words from their proper places, and there is no evidence in this for the permissibility of acting. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does one who cites the angels taking the form of humans as evidence for the permissibility of acting and plays have any basis for that?
Answer:
This is a distortion of the words from their proper context. The angels take the form of humans because we are not able to see them. As for acting among people, you are not able to see the actor until he comes to you in the form of a donkey, or a monkey, or a form that you are not able to see as a human. This is a distortion of the words from their proper places, and there is no evidence in this for the permissibility of acting. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [364 -858] ما الجواب على من يستدل بجواز التمثيل بحادثة تمثل الملائكة بصورة بشر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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