Acting in plays and
writing fictional stories
Question: What is the ruling
on acting in plays? And what is the ruling on writing fictional
stories?
Response: Acting in plays is
from the avenues of false talk that have been introduced to the Muslim lands. It
is not permissible to take part in them nor to occupy oneself with them. In them
are lies and contradictions to reality. The actors degrade respected
personalities that they pretend to be. There is also in them an imitation of the
disbelieving celebrities as well. There are a number of other
dangers.
Some of the mashaayikh have written about this,
may Allaah reward them well. They have written valuable books personifying their
harms and warning from them, like what the virtuous Shaykh, Dr. Bakr Aboo Zayd
wrote, and like what the virtuous Shaykh 'Abdus-Salaam ibn Burjis Aali
'Abdil-Kareem wrote, and like what the Shaykh Hamood at-Tuwayjiree wrote. So
reveiw them and what is found in them regarding the benefits (of plays and
fictional stories), since the real harms that result from them are many times
more. And preventing harm takes a precedence over gaining benefit.
Shaykh Saalih ibn Fowzaan
al-Muntaqaa min Fataawa Fadheelatush-Shaykh
Saalih Ibn Fowzaan - Volume 2, Page 222, Fatwa No. 193
Translated by: Abul-'Abbaas Moosaa
Richardson
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