Is it permissible for a Muslim to act the role of a disbeliever, thereby insulting the religion or swearing by al-Lat, under the pretext of acting out one of the events of the Prophet's biography?
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The questioner : Is it permissible for a person to act the role of a disbeliever, swearing by al-Lat or cursing Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), under the pretext of acting or under the pretext of acting out one of the events of the Prophet's biography?
The Shaykh : Certainly, this matter is not permissible in any way whatsoever. In fact, if the question were: Is acting itself permissible without this disbelief? The answer would be: It is not permissible. So how is it when the question involves portraying disbelief?!
It is true that the matter is as the scholars said: "The one who conveys disbelief is not a disbeliever." This person who performs the job or profession of acting with the words of a disbeliever is not compelled to perform this act of acting, and consequently to utter the word of disbelief. Because the original issue of this acting, in reality, and we deeply regret...
...the Muslims became entangled and imitated the disbelievers who do not prohibit what Allah and His Messenger have prohibited. They took up the profession of acting, imitating the disbelievers, without considering the violations of the Islamic Shari'ah that may result from engaging in such a profession, such as imitating the disbelievers, including men imitating women, and perhaps the free mixing of women and men in some acts; so all of this is not permissible in the religion of Islam. As for those imitators, those Europeans whom we imitate, they have nothing called halal and haram. From this, the great heedlessness of the Muslims becomes apparent, who run breathlessly after the disbelievers without distinguishing the difference between them; that is, between the Muslims and those disbelievers whom they imitate.
Other than that?
The Shaykh : Certainly, this matter is not permissible in any way whatsoever. In fact, if the question were: Is acting itself permissible without this disbelief? The answer would be: It is not permissible. So how is it when the question involves portraying disbelief?!
It is true that the matter is as the scholars said: "The one who conveys disbelief is not a disbeliever." This person who performs the job or profession of acting with the words of a disbeliever is not compelled to perform this act of acting, and consequently to utter the word of disbelief. Because the original issue of this acting, in reality, and we deeply regret...
...the Muslims became entangled and imitated the disbelievers who do not prohibit what Allah and His Messenger have prohibited. They took up the profession of acting, imitating the disbelievers, without considering the violations of the Islamic Shari'ah that may result from engaging in such a profession, such as imitating the disbelievers, including men imitating women, and perhaps the free mixing of women and men in some acts; so all of this is not permissible in the religion of Islam. As for those imitators, those Europeans whom we imitate, they have nothing called halal and haram. From this, the great heedlessness of the Muslims becomes apparent, who run breathlessly after the disbelievers without distinguishing the difference between them; that is, between the Muslims and those disbelievers whom they imitate.
Other than that?
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