What is the ruling on going to circus venues and acrobatic entertainment?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on going to circus venues and acrobatic entertainment?
Answer:
It is not permissible. These are abominations and sorcery; it is not permissible to go to them. Whoever goes to them, sits there, and looks at them has participated in the sin and participated in [the sin]. As for if he goes to them in order to denounce their people and in order to prevent them, this is denouncing the abomination. But if he goes to sit, to converse, and to lift the matter from himself, as they say, this is forbidden. And if he is pleased with it, his ruling becomes the ruling of the sorcerer, because whoever is pleased with sorcery is a sorcerer.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on going to circus venues and acrobatic entertainment?
Answer:
It is not permissible. These are abominations and sorcery; it is not permissible to go to them. Whoever goes to them, sits there, and looks at them has participated in the sin and participated in [the sin]. As for if he goes to them in order to denounce their people and in order to prevent them, this is denouncing the abomination. But if he goes to sit, to converse, and to lift the matter from himself, as they say, this is forbidden. And if he is pleased with it, his ruling becomes the ruling of the sorcerer, because whoever is pleased with sorcery is a sorcerer.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الذهاب إلى أماكن السيرك، والألعاب البهلوانية؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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