The ruling on portraying the Companions and scholars in a series that serves the call to Islam?

Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: We ask Your Eminence, may Allah reward you, to clarify for us the ruling on using acting in the call to Allah, such as portraying the Companions, some of whom were sinners, and placing them in scenes and plays that serve the call to Allah, and may Allah reward you with good?

Answer:
Acting is not permissible; because it is lying, and for one to say "I am 'Umar ibn al-Khattab" or "I am 'Ali ibn Abi Talib" or "I am al-Siddiq" or "I am 'Uthman" or so-and-so or so-and-so, or "I am Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah" or "I am Ibn al-Qayyim" or others, is not permissible; this is lying. But calling to Allah by saying "Allah said," "The Messenger of Allah said," "'Umar said," "al-Siddiq said," "'Uthman said," "the Companions said," and transmitting the words is fine. As for saying "I am 'Umar," or portraying oneself as the disbeliever Abu Jahl, or Abu Rabi'ah, or so-and-so, saying he said such and such and said such and such, that is not permissible. Yes.