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What is the ruling on voice-acting on the radio?

Question: 144322

What is the ruling on voice-acting on the radio? I have
searched a great deal on all the websites of the senior shaykhs
such as Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, Shaykh Ibn Baaz, and others, and
I could not find any clear answer.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

There are previous answers
dealing with acting and what is connected to it. Please see
the answers to questions no. 10836 and
22442

In the answer to question no.
14488 there is a fatwa
of the Standing Committee which states that it is haraam to
act the part of any of the Companions of the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in movies, plays
and so on. 

In those answers it also
says:

1.

There is no difference between
voice acting and acting that is seen. 

2.

There is no difference of
opinion among the scholars that acting which involves
indecency, free mixing or any haraam content or actions is
haraam. 

3.

None of the scholars permit
acting in general terms; rather they have stipulated
conditions and guidelines. 

4.

It is not appropriate to do a
great deal of permissible acting — according to those who
say that it is permissible — even if that is for the sake of
calling people to Allah. 

After searching a great deal, we
did not find any fatwa by any of our senior scholars that
speaks specifically of voice acting. What seems to be the
case is that there is no difference between voice acting on
the radio and acting that is seen, as it is all acting,
whether the view is that it is permissible or that it is
forbidden. But there is no doubt that acting that is seen is
more serious in terms of fitnah and causes more corruption,
because temptation caused by a living, visible image is not
the same as temptation caused by a voice that is merely
heard. But we are speaking of acting in and of itself,
regardless of what other things may accompany
it. 

And Allah knows
best.

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