What is the ruling on performing plays for the purpose of da'wah or for personal entertainment?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, what is the ruling on plays and acting for the purpose of da'wah or for entertainment?
The Shaykh : If these plays do not contain anything forbidden, I see no harm in them. By "do not contain anything forbidden," I mean that they do not depict the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the Companions, or the Imams, and they do not contain lying. Rather, they are merely acting out an example, in which case there is no harm. This is not considered among the forbidden things because it is lying.
A person does not intend to speak of something as if it were reality, but rather intends to give an example of a specific image that is inappropriate.
Everyone knows that this man is not the person being represented, so we do not say that it is lying. Rather, we know that he is so-and-so, and not, for example, the man who divorced his wife in anger or beat his children severely, or something similar. Yes.
The Shaykh : If these plays do not contain anything forbidden, I see no harm in them. By "do not contain anything forbidden," I mean that they do not depict the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the Companions, or the Imams, and they do not contain lying. Rather, they are merely acting out an example, in which case there is no harm. This is not considered among the forbidden things because it is lying.
A person does not intend to speak of something as if it were reality, but rather intends to give an example of a specific image that is inappropriate.
Everyone knows that this man is not the person being represented, so we do not say that it is lying. Rather, we know that he is so-and-so, and not, for example, the man who divorced his wife in anger or beat his children severely, or something similar. Yes.