Is promoting forbidden singing tapes and calling people to them a trivialization of a major sin that reaches the level of disbelief?
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The questioner : All right, O Shaykh, do we say that this act is a trivialization of the sin and the great transgression, and that it reaches the level of disbelief in Allah?
The Shaykh : What do you say about a habitual drinker of intoxicants? Is he trivializing the sin?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you say about those who deal in usury?
The questioner : He is trivializing the sin.
The Shaykh : Then are all of them disbelievers?
The questioner : No, no, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Then judge all the banks you have as disbelievers.
The questioner : Of course, you do not say they are disbelievers?
The Shaykh : I gave you the answer when I told you, "That is enough for you."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you say about a habitual drinker of intoxicants? Is he trivializing the sin?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you say about those who deal in usury?
The questioner : He is trivializing the sin.
The Shaykh : Then are all of them disbelievers?
The questioner : No, no, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Then judge all the banks you have as disbelievers.
The questioner : Of course, you do not say they are disbelievers?
The Shaykh : I gave you the answer when I told you, "That is enough for you."
The questioner: Yes.
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