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1728424/10/2011

Ruling on presenting recitation of Qur’anic verses in video clips

Question: 175174

What is the ruling on recording recitation of the Holy Qur’an over a video of the sea in which the movement of waves can be seen and the sound of the waves can be heard?

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

Some people produce various kinds of video clips which show
the greatness of Allah’s creation and other things that promote good deeds
such as honouring one’s parents and sponsoring orphans. Some of the
producers of these clips put with them Qur’anic verses that speak of the
subject of the clip, either during the clip or at the end. We do not think
that there is anything wrong with doing that because it is no more than a
scene that is in harmony with the meaning of the verses, but it is important
to pay attention to a few things: 

1.The clip should not contain any
music

2.The clip should not show any
women

3.The topic of the clip should
not speak of matters of the unseen, because it is not appropriate to show
worldly gardens and then quote verses that mention the
garden of Paradise; or to show huge fires and then quote the
verses that mention Hell. That is because of the difference between what is
in this world and what is in the Hereafter, as they have nothing in common
but names. 

There is nothing wrong with showing clips of things mentioned
in the Qur’anic verses that are not different from and are in harmony with
the Qur’anic verse. An example of that is what the questioner mentioned
about showing clips of the sea and its waves, then quoting the verses that
speak of that. Another example is showing mountains, rivers, the sun, the
moon, ships, animals, the stages of development in the foetus, and other
things in which the meanings of the verse match what is shown to the viewer.
If a video clip of camels is shown, including features of their creation,
then the clip includes the verse (interpretation of the meaning),
“Do they not look at
the camels, how they are created?”
[al-Ghaashiyah 88:17], that would be in accordance
with the meaning of the Qur’anic verse. These worldly things that are shown
in the clip are exactly what is mentioned in the verses. Similarly, if the
clip is about honouring parents and sponsoring orphans, then it quotes the
Qur’anic verses that mention that, there is nothing wrong with this, in sha
Allah. 

See also the answer to question no.
131472

And Allah knows best.

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