Also see: The ruling on watching uncovered women on television.)Īs for other “immoral” aspects of films such as violence or the promotion of criminal acts, I believe films have the same ruling here as stories. (See my essay The Philosophy of Pornography and Masturbation for a discussion of why watching nudity and sex scenes is morally wrong, even without reference to religion. So parents should not let teenagers watch films unsupervised. However, teenagers may not be able to resist the temptation to watch such scenes even if they wish to be good Muslims since the ability to control our impulses only completely matures after the age of 25. As for films containing nudity or sex scenes, a person can just skip those parts. I have looked at many fatwas and each scholar seems to rely on his own reasoning and cultural beliefs in order to arrive at rulings.Īt any rate, my view is that it is up to each Muslim to decide for themselves what films they want to watch (which is already the view that is being practiced by the majority of Muslims), except for films that are centered around eroticism, which I believe should be avoided by all Muslims. This is an area where there is great disagreement among the scholars since there are no clear texts that apply to most aspects of films.
Aoa could you tell me the ruling on watching movies? Even innocent ones? Whenever i look up rulings on this people always say things like all movies are filled with nude women and corruption and it confuses me what am i supposed to do in all my free time if most things young people do are grave sins?