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Islam doesn't give a detailed list of the entertainments that are allowed. It gives a list of items that are not allowed. In other words, all entertainment is allowed except the one that falls in the forbidden category. What is that list?
* Obscenity. Movies are condemned by some of our Ulama because they are seen to be obscene.
ENTERTAINMENT IN ISLAM
What
form of entertainment is allowed in Islam?
Islam doesn't give a detailed list of the entertainments that are allowed. It gives a list of items that are not allowed. In other words, all entertainment is allowed except the one that falls in the forbidden category. What is that list?
* Obscenity. Movies are condemned by some of our Ulama because they are seen to be obscene.
*
Indulging in activities that draw you away from the remembrance of the
Almighty, especially prayers. Some forms of music would most certainly fall
into this category, and some in the first category..
* Any other activity that is otherwise not acceptable to the shari'ah. For instance, deceiving others, gambling, stealing, telling lies etc.
Everything else is allowed in Islam for the purposes of entertainment, although Islam would caution you that you haven't come in this world primarily to enjoy. However, if you get bored, or in order to keep your spirits alive, you feel like doing something different, you can get involved in any entertainment of your choice that are not disallowed in the Qur'an.
* Any other activity that is otherwise not acceptable to the shari'ah. For instance, deceiving others, gambling, stealing, telling lies etc.
Everything else is allowed in Islam for the purposes of entertainment, although Islam would caution you that you haven't come in this world primarily to enjoy. However, if you get bored, or in order to keep your spirits alive, you feel like doing something different, you can get involved in any entertainment of your choice that are not disallowed in the Qur'an.
The
approval or disapproval of performers is not only related to the genre but also
to the context of the performance. Regarding the permissibility of the context,
three elements are deemed important by the eleventh-century Muslim scholar Imam
al-Ghazali, that is, time, place and associates. It is not acceptable if too
much time is devoted to performances so that it interferes with the higher
Islamic goals and distracts the believers' attention from the devotion to God.
Full-time professional performers are accordingly less acceptable than
non-professional amateurs. The acceptability of the place and occasion of the
performance is also an important factor in judging the legitimacy of the
entertainers and their public. Lastly, the type of people present during the
performance affects the permissibility of the performers and their audience. A
certain genre of music can thus be permissible in one context while it is
rejected in another circumstance. The late Sheikh al-Azhar Shaltut, who wrote a
fatwa on the issue in 1960, music is permissible under certain conditions. He
argues that God is not against pleasure and that Islam seeks the Golden Means.
However, it should not take place under immoral circumstances or with dissolute
companions. The Muslim scholar al-Qaradawi states that singing and music in
itself is permissible and pleasurable. He places several restrictions on them
though. The content of the song should not be against the morals and teachings
of Islam or be accompanied by other forbidden things in Islam. So who says we
can’t entertain ourselves?
BY:
Art & Culture (ANC) SCIENCESS
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