Conditions for the Permissibility of Acting or Drama
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The questioner: What are the conditions that Your Eminence has set for acting or drama to be permissible?
The conditions: First: It must not contain lying. If it contains lying, it is not permissible.
Second: It must not portray someone who has the right to respect, such as the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), the leaders of the Muslims, and the like.
The third condition: There must be a benefit in it, such as addressing social issues and the like.
The fourth condition: A man must not play the role of a woman, nor a woman play the role of a man.
And the fifth: It must not contain the role of an animal, such as one of the actors playing the role of a sheep, a camel, a cow, a dog, or the like.
The sixth: It must not contain the role of a disbeliever, such as one of the actors playing the role of Abu Jahl, for example, or Abu Lahab, or the like; because this may put something in his heart, or something may come to his heart, and he may also be mocked by people with it,It is said: saying "O Abu Jahl," "O Abu Lahab," and the like.
The important point: The general rule is that the acting or drama must not include anything forbidden for any reason, whether it is of the same kind as what we have mentioned, or there may be other things that have escaped our notice.
The conditions: First: It must not contain lying. If it contains lying, it is not permissible.
Second: It must not portray someone who has the right to respect, such as the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), the leaders of the Muslims, and the like.
The third condition: There must be a benefit in it, such as addressing social issues and the like.
The fourth condition: A man must not play the role of a woman, nor a woman play the role of a man.
And the fifth: It must not contain the role of an animal, such as one of the actors playing the role of a sheep, a camel, a cow, a dog, or the like.
The sixth: It must not contain the role of a disbeliever, such as one of the actors playing the role of Abu Jahl, for example, or Abu Lahab, or the like; because this may put something in his heart, or something may come to his heart, and he may also be mocked by people with it,It is said: saying "O Abu Jahl," "O Abu Lahab," and the like.
The important point: The general rule is that the acting or drama must not include anything forbidden for any reason, whether it is of the same kind as what we have mentioned, or there may be other things that have escaped our notice.