What is the ruling on listening to nasheeds, watching professional wrestling, and watching cartoons?
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Question:
The questioner says: What is your view on nasheeds, on the professional wrestling that appears on television, and on cartoons? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Professional wrestling is not permissible because it poses a danger to people, it involves exposing the private parts, and it involves amusement and play, so watching it is not permissible. It is not permissible to watch it because of the religious prohibitions it contains. It is not permissible because of the danger it contains, the injuries it contains, the exposure of the private parts it contains, and the many prohibitions, amusements, and plays it contains; watching it is not permissible.
These nasheeds are songs; listening to songs is not permissible. They are a type of song, and the Muslim is prohibited from songs and listening to songs, because songs cause hypocrisy to grow in the heart and distract from the remembrance of Allah the Exalted. Listening to songs is not permissible, even if they are called nasheeds, or if some people are bold enough to say they are Islamic nasheeds. They are not Islamic nasheeds; they are songs, and listening to them is not permissible. It is also not permissible to take the tapes containing them, because they make the heart heedless and turn it away from reciting the Qur'an and from the remembrance of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The questioner says: What is your view on nasheeds, on the professional wrestling that appears on television, and on cartoons? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Professional wrestling is not permissible because it poses a danger to people, it involves exposing the private parts, and it involves amusement and play, so watching it is not permissible. It is not permissible to watch it because of the religious prohibitions it contains. It is not permissible because of the danger it contains, the injuries it contains, the exposure of the private parts it contains, and the many prohibitions, amusements, and plays it contains; watching it is not permissible.
These nasheeds are songs; listening to songs is not permissible. They are a type of song, and the Muslim is prohibited from songs and listening to songs, because songs cause hypocrisy to grow in the heart and distract from the remembrance of Allah the Exalted. Listening to songs is not permissible, even if they are called nasheeds, or if some people are bold enough to say they are Islamic nasheeds. They are not Islamic nasheeds; they are songs, and listening to them is not permissible. It is also not permissible to take the tapes containing them, because they make the heart heedless and turn it away from reciting the Qur'an and from the remembrance of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم سماع الأناشيد، ومشاهدة المصارعة الحرة، والأفلام الكرتونية؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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