Is it permissible to use the style of anthems and dramatic performances in the method of da'wah?
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The questioner : Recently, two styles of da'wah have become widespread: anthems and dramatic performances. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding these anthems and statues, and does acting fall under lying?
The Shaykh : Does what fall under it?
The questioner : Does acting fall under lying?
The Shaykh : We have been asked about this repeatedly, and therefore we will be brief in the answer:
That there are no anthems in Islam called religious anthems, just as there are no plays or dramatic performances. These are also things by which some Muslims have been influenced from the customs of the poor and wretched Westerners in their guidance from the sky. By the grace of Allah, we are not like them. You do not need their plays and dramatic performances. This is among the matters that entered only in the present age, and the early Muslims knew nothing of it. Therefore, we do not see this as a permissible matter.
The questioner : If the statues are about Islamic battles or things that call to [good]?
The Shaykh : It contains, as came in your question, much falsehood in order to complete some deficiencies, as they claim.
The questioner : Shaykh, if you could explain some of the evidence?
The Shaykh : That is sufficient.
The Shaykh : Does what fall under it?
The questioner : Does acting fall under lying?
The Shaykh : We have been asked about this repeatedly, and therefore we will be brief in the answer:
That there are no anthems in Islam called religious anthems, just as there are no plays or dramatic performances. These are also things by which some Muslims have been influenced from the customs of the poor and wretched Westerners in their guidance from the sky. By the grace of Allah, we are not like them. You do not need their plays and dramatic performances. This is among the matters that entered only in the present age, and the early Muslims knew nothing of it. Therefore, we do not see this as a permissible matter.
The questioner : If the statues are about Islamic battles or things that call to [good]?
The Shaykh : It contains, as came in your question, much falsehood in order to complete some deficiencies, as they claim.
The questioner : Shaykh, if you could explain some of the evidence?
The Shaykh : That is sufficient.