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Using Cross As A Prop
And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah; indeed, Allaah is severe in penalty} [Quran 5:2]
Movies or series that feature non Muslims use symbols that represents that faith. These props are either bought, rent out or made. So would watching such movies be impermissible as your view is a source of encouragement to make more of such videos. And also Allah has forbidden such symbols, their sale or making of it. As mentioned in the hdith below. Would remaining silent and watching not contribute to normalization? And a form of cooperation in sin?
“When Allaah forbids something to people He forbids its price to them.” [Ahmad]
“Verily Allah has forbidden the sale of alcohol, dead meat [carrion], pork, and idols.”
(Sahih bukhari)
If watching something that contains an obscene scene is considered impermissible, then why would it be permissible to watch someone intentionally performing acts of shirk or kufr for the purpose of making a video? If both obscenity and shirk/kufr involve major sins, what is the distinction that makes one permissible to watch while the other is not?
What is the Islamic way of looking at this problem?
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This discussion was modified 3 weeks ago by
Zohaib Tariq.
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This discussion was modified 3 weeks ago by
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Using Cross As A Prop
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You are not directly promoting them simply by watching movies. Indirectly contributing to a sin is not necessarily problematic; otherwise, this reasoning would have no clear limit and could lead to the absurd conclusion that you share responsibility for every sin committed in the world.
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If I watch a video about actors performing acts of polytheism for the sake of acting, which I personally believe should not be done, would it be permissible for me to watch it if the creator earns money from views/monetization? Basically, since watching the video contributes to the creator’s earnings, does that make watching it impermissible, especially when the content is showing or discussing acts of polytheism?
Would it be oky that the creator is earning money by spreading kufr through our views? Would a Muslim be blameworthy in this case?
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Read the response above.
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Sir I am asking specifically about money. What would be the answer when money is involved in cases as such, since mmoney is an amanah from God
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Money makes no difference here. Everything is amanah; your time and your senses are all amanah
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This reply was modified 2 weeks ago by Dr. Irfan Shahzad.
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So how it is indirect relation when watch time directly decides the money creator gets
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This reply was modified 2 weeks ago by
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It is because you are not referring to it directly to others. If your conscience is still not satisfied, you may refrain from watching them.
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I’m satisfied on the referring part. But not sure about the money part. It wouldn’t be blameworthy if I know how streaming apps pay for the shows to it’s creators. There would be certain scenes like acts of kufr and the streaming apps would pay for them too. Would stilll watching those scenes blameworthy if your watch time is helping them generate revenue.
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You should avoid it.
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For what reasons
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