Is It Permissible to Visit Amusement Parks With Background Music?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is it permissible for Muslims to visit amusement parks that include music in rides, parades, or shows, as long as they maintain prayer and eat halal?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
Yes, it is permissible for Muslims to visit amusement parks that include music in rides, parades, or shows as long as they maintain prayer and observe shari‘a decorum, though mindfulness and piety dictate otherwise.
The primary purpose of the visit is to spend recreational and quality time with the family. Any music present at the venue is incidental and not a part of the intended activity or purpose of the visit.
That which is present incidentally is overlooked as opposed to that which is intended. [Ibn Nujaym, al-Ashbah wa al-Nadha’ir]
One can always engage in remembrance here and there and try one’s best not to get distracted.
If a man remembers Allah in a gathering of sinners, with the intention of glorifying Allah (tasbih) while they engage in sin, that is better and more virtuous. Similarly, if he glorifies Allah in the market, intending to remember Allah while others are preoccupied with worldly matters, that is praiseworthy. [Ibid.]
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I pray this helps with your question.
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received a traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.
