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Is it haram to watch Netflix?

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Is watching Netflix haram?

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This segment56:30 to 57:47 · 1 min 17 sGeneral teaching

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Mufti Abu Layth says watching Netflix is of course not haram.

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A chat question asks whether watching Netflix is haram. Mufti Abu Layth says of course it is not, and that one would have a miserable life in this day and age without some form of TV. Asked about the Indian series Tandav, Mufti says he was impressed and thought it was epic.

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Is watching Netflix haram?

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Mufti Abu Layth says that of course watching Netflix is not haram.

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“of course watching netflix is not haram what what a miserable life one would have if they lived in this day and age and did not watch some form of tv”

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advocate it if you guys want to be a part but that's not actually my thing that's open to everyone uh i that's i believe inaya and zebra and other people um they've run that and there's many people on it so and i think that's great so they do later on share the link to that do join that my discord is different i'm not on that one this one obviously i will be on and it's more about this is more about memberships so it's about what i offer to people who are on patreon who are supporting uh supporting me who are showing their

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love showering their love they're like so it's a bit of what i'm giving back to these people exclusively so it's certain exclusivities idiosyncrasies people um right so what is going on people mariam alright we love you mufti um all of you guys man much love much love right so people what is going down is watching netflix haram ali

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of course watching netflix is not haram what what a miserable life one would have if they lived in this day and age and did not watch some form of tv speaking of tv out of uh your my thoughts on the series and of or tandav right so i have to say i is impressed haha you

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in that tv series i fully advocate i mean i fully think it was epic amazing it's got my vote but yeah right so what is going on people what is going on mufti what are you what is your opinion on frabri muhammad ibn yusuf al or farrad the verb goes to fabricate i are fabricating

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, February 9). Is it haram to watch Netflix? [Video, segment 2021-02-09-S10, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/10/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "Is it haram to watch Netflix?" Video, segment 2021-02-09-S10, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded February 9, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/10/

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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Is it haram to watch Netflix?}},
  year = {2021},
  month = {2},
  date = {2021-02-09},
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  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/l4n4wd2jjps/s/10/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2021-02-09-S10, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
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