[Lesson 26] The Ruling on Play-Acting, Movies and Nasheeds in the Field of Da’wah – Beneficial Answers to Questions Regarding The Innovated Methodologies – Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid

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[09/02/2023] Lesson 26: The Ruling on Play-Acting, Movies and Nasheeds in the Field of Da’wah – Beneficial Answers to Questions Regarding The Innovated Methodologies – Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid حفظه الله.

Some points covered during this lesson:

• Question 37: The ruling on play-acting, movies and nasheeds in the field of da’wah.
• The origin of theatrical plays.
• The origin regarding acts of worship and customs of the people.
• The innovation of play-acting.
• Responding to those who claim plays are a beneficial means of da’wah.
• Shaykh ‘Abdus-Salām Barjiss (رحمه الله) on there being no need for these plays. 
• The correct way to call the people to the Book and Sunnah.
• The sufficiency of the Sharī’ah in reaching the goal of da’wah to Allāh.
• Ibn Mas’ūd (رضى الله عنه) on clinging to the original affair being cautious of innovations.
• The difference between newly invented matters in worldly affairs and in the religion. 
• How to determine if something is a beneficial means of rectification. 
• The audacity of the one who adds to the Sharī’ah.
• Shaykh Ḥammūd b. ‘Abdillāh at-Tuwayjirī (رحمه الله) on utilising plays in da’wah.
• The reprehensibility of lying to make people laugh.
• A ḥadīth that censures pretending to be someone else.
• The impermissibility of roleplaying and how it is belittlement of the person being impersonated. 
• Statements from the Salaf regarding their hatred for the telling of fictional stories and sitting in such gatherings.
• The danger of playing the role of disbelievers in these plays.
• The harms of using these plays as a means of da’wah.
• Refutation of the ridiculous argument that angels taking the form of human beings is a proof for the permissibility of acting.

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