Non-maḥrams’ Pictures and Films: Is It Permissible to Watch Movies and Music Broadcast by Islamic Republic TV?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Non-maḥrams’ Pictures and Films: Is It Permissible to Watch Movies and Music Broadcast by Islamic Republic TV?
English:
Question #1188:
Given the nature of movies — be they foreign or local — and music which are broadcast from the television of the Islamic Republic, what is the view on watching and listening to them?
Answer #1188:
Should the listener or viewer conclude that the music that is broadcast from radio and television is of the lahwī type which deviates people from the way of Allah and is suitable for the gatherings of sin, or that watching the movie which is broadcast from television would necessarily lead to vile consequences, it is not permissible to either listen to or watch. Broadcasting from radio and television per se is not a shar‘ī reason for it to be permissible.