The Ruling on Plays and Dramas for the Purpose of Da'wah and Entertainment
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Your Eminence! What is the ruling on plays and dramas for the purpose of da'wah or for entertainment?
If these dramas do not contain anything forbidden, I see no harm in them,Meaning: they do not contain anything forbidden,That is: there is no portrayal of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the Companions, or the Imams, and there is no lying, nor a man playing the role of a woman or vice versa, and no portrayal of disbelievers or those who commit open sinfulness and hypocrisy.
Rather, they are merely acting out an example, so there is no harm in them, and this is not considered among the forbidden things. For the person does not intend to speak of something as if it were reality, but rather intends to give an example of a specific situation, and everyone knows that this man is not the one being portrayed, so that we would say: he lied. Rather, we know that he is so-and-so, and he is not the man who divorced his wife in anger, or beat his children severely, or the like of that.
If these dramas do not contain anything forbidden, I see no harm in them,Meaning: they do not contain anything forbidden,That is: there is no portrayal of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the Companions, or the Imams, and there is no lying, nor a man playing the role of a woman or vice versa, and no portrayal of disbelievers or those who commit open sinfulness and hypocrisy.
Rather, they are merely acting out an example, so there is no harm in them, and this is not considered among the forbidden things. For the person does not intend to speak of something as if it were reality, but rather intends to give an example of a specific situation, and everyone knows that this man is not the one being portrayed, so that we would say: he lied. Rather, we know that he is so-and-so, and he is not the man who divorced his wife in anger, or beat his children severely, or the like of that.