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As an actor, are there scenes that would be haram for me to perform?

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As an actor, are any scenes haram to perform? A joking non-answer

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This segment1:44:35 to 1:45:33 · 58 sGeneral teaching

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Mufti Abu Layth jokes rather than answers, saying he could think of one or two such scenes.

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A chat question asks whether, as an actor, there are any scenes that would be haram to perform. Mufti Abu Layth first misreads it as calling him an actor, then jokes that he is sure he could think of one or two and tells the chat to behave, without giving a ruling.

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As an actor, would there be any scenes to perform that would be haram?

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You know what? I should have said it on the Monday nights last year. I don't know if I did, but I definitely said it to uh my my friends on WhatsApp. Uh Mui is an actor. Are there any scenes to perform that would be haram? Miy as an actor. I was about to say Mui is an actor. As an actor, would there be any scenes to perform that would be haram?

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Would there be any scenes, people? This is uh you know where you turn up, it's the fatwa and you're like uh so are there any scenes? I don't know. Could there be any scenes? I'm sure I could think of one or two.

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Behave. Behave. Right. So this question uh MUI is there a real basis to not celebrating one's birthday? It is absolutely fine to celebrate your birthday if you want to. Um I haven't really celebrated I suppose it depends what you mean by celebrate as in I haven't really celebrated my birthday in a good while actually.

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Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2021-01-05-S22, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/22/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, January 5). As an actor, are there scenes that would be haram for me to perform? [Video, segment 2021-01-05-S22, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/22/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "As an actor, are there scenes that would be haram for me to perform?" Video, segment 2021-01-05-S22, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded January 5, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/22/

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@misc{abulayth-2021-01-05-S22,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{As an actor, are there scenes that would be haram for me to perform?}},
  year = {2021},
  month = {1},
  date = {2021-01-05},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/22/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/22/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2021-01-05-S22, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}

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