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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
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Translated by: Abul-'Abbaas Moosaa Richardson
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