Sports, Entertainment and Music

Sorry for wasting your time sheik with such a question.A certain musician likened himself to God in one of his social media posts he called himself Protector of the seven kingdoms. Is listening to his music now kufr sheikh?

29 Mar

ANSWER: Even if he had not made that blasphemous statement, his music is haram to listen to.

Is it allowed to play a tournament where all the teams pay entrance fee and the winning team takes the price money, is the money halal??

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music

23 Feb

ANSWER: This is gambling and it is prohibited.

I have recently come to know that dice is haraam. But are we allowed to use alternatives such as spinners, random number generators etc.?

Sports, Entertainment and Music

09 Feb

ANSWER: This has the same ruling.

My friends have planned to go to a restaurant to get together with the friends. It is only females gathering. Do u recommend to join it or not go, ie is it approriate for a female to go like that?

Sports, Entertainment and Music

15 Dec

ANSWER: No problem in going providing you have your father or husband’s permission and it is safe and they are all abiding by the hijab.

What is the ruling on Qawwali and is it permissible in Islam?

Shirk and its different forms, Sports, Entertainment and Music

05 Dec

ANSWER: It is not permissible at all to listen to qawwalis as it contains shirk lyrics and music.

If I lower my gaze and listen to nasheeds to block it the music can I go to a free mixing gym ? I live in a kaafir country and segregated gyms are far from me and rare.

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music

20 Nov

ANSWER: It is not permissible to go to mixed gym as it comes under free mixing which is prohibited in Islam.

As a girl I know i should lower my gaze when I look at men. Am I allowed to watch comedy shows if only men feature in it. I watch a show and that show doesn’t use music and also doesn’t feature any females and it’s comedy/being Muslim show and features others from the Muslim dawah community… Am I allowed to watch these shows

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music

13 Nov

ANSWER: Women are not required to lower their gaze unless there is fitnah. However, wasting time in watching comedy shows that include a lot of lying is not permissible.

Can we pray to Allah SWT for guiding actors & celebrities. Or to be more precise a specific person who is misguided but still attached to Allah SWT? Is desire to marry one of these people halal?

Sports, Entertainment and Music

10 Nov

ANSWER: Making duaa for such people is permissible. Following their news and wanting to marry them is an obvious sign of weakness of Iman and your sinful style of life as you are supposed to stay as far as possible from such people.

I work in a all females school. We have to organise a play/skit for the Science Fair, and for my part, I’ve to dress up as a man – in boots, jacket, cowboy hat and wear a fake moustache & speak in a manly voice. This is merely for entertainment and for about 15 minutes. I have no intention to imitate men and I know it’s not allowed for us, but this is just a play. Will I be sinful if I participate

Sports, Entertainment and Music

24 Oct

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited and one of the major sins in Islam even if you do it for fun!

Their’s a hadith where the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, that there will be a time in his Ummah when four things will be sought to become lawful including, fornication, silk, alcohol and the musical instruments. It has been said that the part of music instrument was reported by Hisham ibn ammaar who used to make up more than 400 hadith himself. Does it make this hadith weak?

Sports, Entertainment and Music

09 Oct

ANSWER: This is a blatant lie! The hadeeth is in Saheeh Al Bukhari and only ignorants believe such nonsense. The 4 schools of thought all agree that musical instruments are prohibited in Islam.

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