The Ruling on Entering Cinemas and Theaters
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Question:
We return in this episode to the letter from our listener Mufattah Mustafa from the Jamahiriya. We presented part of his questions in previous episodes, and in this episode, a set of his questions remains, among which is the question: about cinema and theater, and the ruling on a Muslim entering them; is it permissible or not?
Answer:
This requires a detailed explanation: If the theater and cinema contain something that benefits Muslims and conforms to the Shari'ah, such as theater dealing with clarifying the truth, spreading the truth, explaining what the Salaf of the Ummah followed, and the like, or cinema to clarify the truth in matters that concern people, provided it contains no nudity, no corruption, no free mixing of men and women, no singing, and nothing similar to these evils, then there is nothing wrong with it, as long as it is free from what Allah has forbidden and is established for an Islamic benefit, or for a permissible benefit, such as explaining a useful industry or things that concern Muslims and benefit them in their religion or their worldly affairs, without any harm, without the mixing of men and women, without singing and entertainment, and without anything forbidden.
As for the well-known cinemas and theaters that contain the mixing of men and women, or contain songs and entertainment, or contain the nudity of women, or contain other things that Allah has forbidden; this is an evil that is not permissible. It is not permissible to enter them, nor to come to them, nor to be pleased with them; rather, it is obligatory to denounce them.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
We return in this episode to the letter from our listener Mufattah Mustafa from the Jamahiriya. We presented part of his questions in previous episodes, and in this episode, a set of his questions remains, among which is the question: about cinema and theater, and the ruling on a Muslim entering them; is it permissible or not?
Answer:
This requires a detailed explanation: If the theater and cinema contain something that benefits Muslims and conforms to the Shari'ah, such as theater dealing with clarifying the truth, spreading the truth, explaining what the Salaf of the Ummah followed, and the like, or cinema to clarify the truth in matters that concern people, provided it contains no nudity, no corruption, no free mixing of men and women, no singing, and nothing similar to these evils, then there is nothing wrong with it, as long as it is free from what Allah has forbidden and is established for an Islamic benefit, or for a permissible benefit, such as explaining a useful industry or things that concern Muslims and benefit them in their religion or their worldly affairs, without any harm, without the mixing of men and women, without singing and entertainment, and without anything forbidden.
As for the well-known cinemas and theaters that contain the mixing of men and women, or contain songs and entertainment, or contain the nudity of women, or contain other things that Allah has forbidden; this is an evil that is not permissible. It is not permissible to enter them, nor to come to them, nor to be pleased with them; rather, it is obligatory to denounce them.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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