What is the ruling on television dramas?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no. Regarding television dramas, we strongly forbid them.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Our discussion with the young people is about what is between them, but as for television, dramas, and songs, there is no doubt that it is all forbidden and destructive. We have no issue with that. So they say to me: "There is on television..." May Allah grant us well-being. May Allah guide them. May Allah guide them. They act out thefts, climbing houses, and narcotics. They also act out the electricity meter flirting with the housewife, and so on. This is upbringing; this is destruction. It means that those who do not know how to leave them alone make them know. But we ask Allah to guide them. Yes.
The questioner : ...Mishkat al-Masabih 4509
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Some of the contemporary scholars say.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Or an actor from among the actors.
The Shaykh : I do not know, by Allah. I do not know about the last wording of the hadith.
The Shaykh : No, no. Regarding television dramas, we strongly forbid them.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Our discussion with the young people is about what is between them, but as for television, dramas, and songs, there is no doubt that it is all forbidden and destructive. We have no issue with that. So they say to me: "There is on television..." May Allah grant us well-being. May Allah guide them. May Allah guide them. They act out thefts, climbing houses, and narcotics. They also act out the electricity meter flirting with the housewife, and so on. This is upbringing; this is destruction. It means that those who do not know how to leave them alone make them know. But we ask Allah to guide them. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The one who receives the severest punishment on the day of resurrection will be he who kills a prophet, or who is killed by a prophet
أشد الناس عذابا يوم القيامة رجل قتله نبي أو قتل نبياThe Shaykh : Yes
The questioner :
Or an actor from among the actors.
أو ممثل من الممثلينThe Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Or an actor from among the actors.
The Shaykh : I do not know, by Allah. I do not know about the last wording of the hadith.