The Ruling on Staging Plays and Dramas in the Mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh Salih, may Allah grant you success. Allah has bestowed guidance upon me, and I am memorizing the Noble Qur'an. The person in charge of us is showing Islamic plays on video in the basement of the mosque for the students to watch and be affected by them. In the mosque? In the mosque. Yes.
Answer:
Is this action and program permissible in the mosque? May Allah reward you with good. There is no power or strength except in Allah. Plays are not permissible, neither in the mosque nor elsewhere, but in the mosque it is more severe. Dramas and plays are a form of amusement and play, and they are not permissible. They are not among the practices of Muslims, but rather among the practices of disbelievers. Whether in the mosque or outside the mosque, showing them in the mosque is more severe. This is an evil that must be prevented, and this man must be stopped from exceeding his limits. He should not be left to play with the children and students in this way. He is getting close to them.
With dramas and plays, and mixing them with teaching the Qur'an in one of the houses of Allah? This is not permissible, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh Salih, may Allah grant you success. Allah has bestowed guidance upon me, and I am memorizing the Noble Qur'an. The person in charge of us is showing Islamic plays on video in the basement of the mosque for the students to watch and be affected by them. In the mosque? In the mosque. Yes.
Answer:
Is this action and program permissible in the mosque? May Allah reward you with good. There is no power or strength except in Allah. Plays are not permissible, neither in the mosque nor elsewhere, but in the mosque it is more severe. Dramas and plays are a form of amusement and play, and they are not permissible. They are not among the practices of Muslims, but rather among the practices of disbelievers. Whether in the mosque or outside the mosque, showing them in the mosque is more severe. This is an evil that must be prevented, and this man must be stopped from exceeding his limits. He should not be left to play with the children and students in this way. He is getting close to them.
With dramas and plays, and mixing them with teaching the Qur'an in one of the houses of Allah? This is not permissible, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
الفوزان - الفتاوى المهمة لعامة الأمة — archive.org (1:36:15)
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