The Ruling on Hiring for Singing
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Question : For example, singing: one hires a man to sing for him, and the singing is forbidden, because not all singing is forbidden, but this singing is forbidden.
Answer : Is it permissible or not? It is not permissible, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2] This amounts to cooperating in sin and aggression, so the contract is not valid, because any contract for something Allah has specifically prohibited is not valid. Now, the singing...
Answer : Is it permissible or not? It is not permissible, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
but do not cooperate in sin and aggression
وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [5016] حكم الإجارة على الغناء - تعليقات على الكافي لابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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