The Ruling on Teaching Youth Acting and Anthems
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Question:
Allah has blessed me with guidance for a long time, and I engage in da'wah (calling others to Islam) activities, including raising youth to guide them and keep them upright, through the following methods: first, teaching them public speaking and oratory; second, participating in cultural competitions; third, learning acting and Islamic anthems; fourth, reading purposeful books and magazines; and fifth, organizing trips and visits.
Answer:
Recreational activities? None of this is part of da'wah (calling others to Islam); it is not among its means. If you taught them tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the rulings of ritual purity, the conditions of prayer, the pillars of prayer, the rulings of zakah (the obligatory alms), the rulings of fasting, the rulings of Hajj (the major pilgrimage), matters of worship, and the Islamic etiquettes, that would be different. But if you teach them anthems, teach them acting, and teach them about trips, what benefit do they gain from this? Will their ignorance be removed? Will they know the rulings of worship, the rulings of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the rulings of transactions, and the rulings of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence)? They do not know these matters. So if you are advising these students, you should study for them the books
Allah has blessed me with guidance for a long time, and I engage in da'wah (calling others to Islam) activities, including raising youth to guide them and keep them upright, through the following methods: first, teaching them public speaking and oratory; second, participating in cultural competitions; third, learning acting and Islamic anthems; fourth, reading purposeful books and magazines; and fifth, organizing trips and visits.
Answer:
Recreational activities? None of this is part of da'wah (calling others to Islam); it is not among its means. If you taught them tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the rulings of ritual purity, the conditions of prayer, the pillars of prayer, the rulings of zakah (the obligatory alms), the rulings of fasting, the rulings of Hajj (the major pilgrimage), matters of worship, and the Islamic etiquettes, that would be different. But if you teach them anthems, teach them acting, and teach them about trips, what benefit do they gain from this? Will their ignorance be removed? Will they know the rulings of worship, the rulings of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the rulings of transactions, and the rulings of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence)? They do not know these matters. So if you are advising these students, you should study for them the books
Source
الفوزان - الفتاوى المهمة لعامة الأمة — archive.org (1:28:54)
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