The Ruling on Depicting the Companions in Series and Films
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Recently, various dramatic portrayals have appeared depicting the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that occurred among the Companions. Is it permissible to depict them? And is it permissible to watch them?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. The Committee of Senior Scholars and the Fiqh Academies have unanimously issued a ruling forbidding the depiction of the Companions. Only a group of people who have no standing or status in knowledge, and who have no right to issue fatwas on these matters, issued a fatwa to the contrary. Therefore, it is not permissible to depict the Companions in any way. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Recently, various dramatic portrayals have appeared depicting the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that occurred among the Companions. Is it permissible to depict them? And is it permissible to watch them?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. The Committee of Senior Scholars and the Fiqh Academies have unanimously issued a ruling forbidding the depiction of the Companions. Only a group of people who have no standing or status in knowledge, and who have no right to issue fatwas on these matters, issued a fatwa to the contrary. Therefore, it is not permissible to depict the Companions in any way. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2397] حكم تمثيل الصحابة في المسلسات والأفلام - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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