Using the story of the crow as evidence for the permissibility of acting or drama
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Question:
Your Eminence, father. This questioner says: Some people use the permissibility of acting or drama as evidence by citing the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:31] the verse. What is the ruling on this statement?
Answer:
This is an error and this is ignorance. That is, taking from the crow's action, taking this statement that was said, is an error.
This is about our son Adam when one of them killed the other. And after that, what does he do with his brother's body? What does he do with his brother's body? He carries it, not knowing what to do with it,[Al-Ma'idah 5:31] meaning his brother's body. So he said, "Am I unable to be like this crow?" [Al-Ma'idah 5:31] This is the summary of the story mentioned by Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Your Eminence, father. This questioner says: Some people use the permissibility of acting or drama as evidence by citing the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother.
فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُ كَيْفَ يُوَارِي سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِAnswer:
This is an error and this is ignorance. That is, taking from the crow's action, taking this statement that was said, is an error.
This is about our son Adam when one of them killed the other. And after that, what does he do with his brother's body? What does he do with his brother's body? He carries it, not knowing what to do with it,
Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother.
فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُ كَيْفَ يُوَارِي سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ"O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.
يَا وَيْلَتَىٰ أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَٰذَا الْغُرَابِ فَأُوَارِيَ سَوْءَةَ أَخِي فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ النَّادِمِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أسئلة اللقاء المفتوح [29-7-1440] مع صاحب المعالي العلامة صالح بن فوزان الفوزان بجامع الرحمانية — youtube.com (3:50)
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