The owners of recording studios for singing in the Prophet’s City: Is this a matter of innovation, and do they fall under the hadith?

The questioner : Here, very well; a question comes in: opening a beauty salon or a barbershop in the city, or for example selling these tapes of songs, is this... is it an innovation?

The Shaykh : There is no doubt, and this is of the type that is not permissible; because it involves boldness, it is not something he keeps to himself, meaning; it is like the sin that a sinner commits between himself and his Lord, and the sin that he commits openly before people. So this other sin is more severe than the first, and the first is something Allah - Blessed and Exalted is He - may forgive, unlike the other; due to His saying - peace and blessings be upon him - : . They said: What is the one who commits openly? He said: . So if he disobeys Allah at night where no one is aware of it and no one is watching him; this is a sin without doubt, but the harm of this sin is much less than publicizing it; because when he talks in the morning about what he did in the evening, it is as if he is boasting before people, and as if in the time when he does not fear Allah, he is not shy of the servants of Allah - Mighty and Majestic - . So the one who commits sin openly is not, meaning, exposing himself to Allah - Blessed and Exalted is He - forgiving him, unlike the one who conceals the sin, for these there is hope that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - will forgive them, and it is very strong.
Likewise, this one who opens up misguidance or a religious innovation in front of the people establishes a bad practice for the people, unlike the one who keeps it to himself and commits an innovation or a sin; therefore, the type you asked about last is included in the category that is not permissible to shelter.
Clear, if Allah wills.