What is the ruling on using plays for the purpose of calling people to Allah the Exalted?
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The questioner : Plays, meaning they are used as a method of da'wah (calling others to Islam)...
The Shaykh : No, no, the predominant, the predominant, the predominant purpose is... for entertainment and to stimulate enthusiasm. Otherwise, the matter of da'wah has a clear intent; their intent is that it is aimed at something else. If it were just the Qur'an and the Sunnah, with the warnings and encouragements contained therein, it would be better, a thousand times better.
The Shaykh : No, no, the predominant, the predominant, the predominant purpose is... for entertainment and to stimulate enthusiasm. Otherwise, the matter of da'wah has a clear intent; their intent is that it is aimed at something else. If it were just the Qur'an and the Sunnah, with the warnings and encouragements contained therein, it would be better, a thousand times better.