The Ruling on Nasheeds and Dramas as a Means of Da'wah

Question:
We ask Allah that the Honorable Shaykh, at this time, the nasheed singers have expanded in issuing nasheeds and excelling in acquiring and producing voices with microphones, to the point that it has reached imitating singers, where the nasheed singer sets up and then dubs it with natural images that he purchases in the video. Is this work permissible? And are dramas and theatrical plays among the means of calling to Allah?

Answer:
From the very beginning, from the first time this matter appeared, it was not a good thing, because they are songs, a type of songs. And they contain harms. I have been disapproving of them since they first appeared, and I have written about them. And people used to be surprised at that time. How could I say that they are permissible when they are among the means of da'wah? I say: No, they are not permissible, and they are not among the means of da'wah. They are among the means of amusement. They are among the means of what is forbidden, and a type of songs. Look now where it has led; it has reached its extreme. This is what al-Shafi'i mentioned, and evil leads to other evil.