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Is the earning Halal that is earned through running a kids channel on Youtube?

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Answered by: Alimah Siddiqa al-Farsiyyah​

Question

The exact question is the following:

“Is the earning Halal that is earned through running a kids channel on YOUTUBE? That includes background music such as poems like ABC, twinkle twinkle, Old McDonald had a farm etc. etc.”


بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم


In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful


 


Answer:

With regards to uploading Youtube videos, firstly, there is a difference of opinion among the scholars as to whether or not photography/videography is permissible. Some scholars say digital videography is permissible and some say that all forms of videography of animated beings are impermissible.[1] Second, the nursery rhymes that you have mentioned have background music, which is prohibited.[2] Keeping these two points in mind, it is better to find another form of income as it would be best to refrain from endorsing such content.

Only Allāh Ta’ālā knows best

Answered by Alimah Siddiqa al-Farsiyyah

Checked and Approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Mih

Dārul Iftā Birmingham


[1]Raddul Muhtār, 2/416, DKI

وَظَاهِرُ كَلَامِ النَّوَوِيِّ فِي شَرْحِ مُسْلِمٍ الْإِجْمَاعُ عَلَى تَحْرِيمِ تَصْوِيرِ الْحَيَوَانِ، وَقَالَ وَسَوَاءٌ صَنَعَهُ لِمَا يُمْتَهَنُ أَوْ لِغَيْرِهِ، فَصَنْعَتُهُ حَرَامٌ بِكُلِّ حَالٍ لِأَنَّ فِيهِ مُضَاهَاةَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى، وَسَوَاءٌ كَانَ فِي ثَوْبٍ أَوْ بِسَاطٍ أَوْ دِرْهَمٍ وَإِنَاءٍ وَحَائِطٍ وَغَيْرِهَا اهـ فَيَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ حَرَامًا لَا مَكْرُوهًا إنْ ثَبَتَ الْإِجْمَاعُ أَوْ قَطْعِيَّةُ الدَّلِيلِ بِتَوَاتُرِهِ اهـ كَلَامُ الْبَحْرِ مُلَخَّصًا

Sharh an-Nawawi ‘Alā Sahīh Muslim, 14/81, Dāru Ihyā ath-Turāth al-Arabī


قَالَ أَصْحَابُنَا وَغَيْرُهُمْ مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ تَصْوِيرُ صُورَةِ الْحَيَوَانِ حَرَامٌ شَدِيدُ التَّحْرِيمِ وَهُوَ مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ لِأَنَّهُ مُتَوَعَّدٌ عَلَيْهِ بِهَذَا الْوَعِيدِ الشَّدِيدِ الْمَذْكُورِ فِي الْأَحَادِيثِ وَسَوَاءٌ صَنَعَهُ بِمَا يُمْتَهَنُ أَوْ بِغَيْرِهِ فَصَنْعَتُهُ حَرَامٌ بِكُلِّ حَالٍ لِأَنَّ فِيهِ مُضَاهَاةً لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَسَوَاءٌ مَا كَانَ فى ثوب أو بساط أودرهم أَوْ دِينَارٍ أَوْ فَلْسٍ أَوْ إِنَاءٍ أَوْ حَائِطٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهَا وَأَمَّا تَصْوِيرُ صُورَةِ الشَّجَرِ وَرِحَالِ الْإِبِلِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا لَيْسَ فِيهِ صُورَةُ حَيَوَانٍ فَلَيْسَ بِحِرَامٍ.

[2] Raddul Muhtār 6/349, Dārul Fikr

قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ صَوْتُ اللَّهْوِ وَالْغِنَاءِ يُنْبِتُ النِّفَاقَ فِي الْقَلْبِ كَمَا يُنْبِتُ الْمَاءُ النَّبَاتَ. قُلْت: وَفِي الْبَزَّازِيَّةِ اسْتِمَاعُصَوْتِ الْمَلَاهِي كَضَرْبِ قَصَبٍ وَنَحْوِهِ حَرَامٌ لِقَوْلِهِ – عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ – «اسْتِمَاعُ الْمَلَاهِي مَعْصِيَةٌ وَالْجُلُوسُ عَلَيْهَا فِسْقٌ وَالتَّلَذُّذُ بِهَا كُفْرٌ» أَيْ بِالنِّعْمَةِ فَصَرْفُ الْجَوَارِحِ إلَى غَيْرِ مَا خُلِقَ لِأَجْلِهِ كُفْرٌ بِالنِّعْمَةِ لَا شُكْرٌ فَالْوَاجِبُ كُلُّ الْوَاجِبِ أَنْ يَجْتَنِبَ كَيْ لَا يَسْمَعَ لِمَا رُوِيَ «أَنَّهُ – عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ – أَدْخَلَ أُصْبُعَهُ فِي أُذُنِهِ عِنْدَ سَمَاعِهِ»

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