SHARIAH RULING ON CULTURAL PROGRAMS-ANNUAL DAY

<span style="font-size: 14px"><span class="content1">Cultural programs, which are organized on Annual Days or any other occasion, are permissible (Jayaz), provided they consist of only educational demonstrations and presentations and do not involve singing, dancing, any kind of immodesty or any other violation of the laws of the Shariah; however if they involve singing, dancing or any other violation of the Shariah, then organizing them is Haram i.e. forbidden not only from the point of view of the Shariah, but also from the viewpoint of morals and ethics. <br /> <br /> Allah SWT says: But there are, among men those who purchase idle tales, without knowledge (or meaning), to mislead (men) from the Path of Allah and throw ridicule (on the Path): for such there will be a humiliating Penalty. <br /> <br /> (6)- Surah Luqman (31:6)<br /> <br /> It is written in Kasshaf, Tafseer Baidhawi, Durr Manthur, Ruh ul Bayan, (all famous and standard books of Tafseer) about the background of the revelation of this verse (shaan e nuzool) that there was a person Nazar bin Harith from among the Mushrikin of Mecca.<br /> He was a big businessman and used to go on business tours to many places like Iran, Syria, Iraq, etc. He bought from there the tales of Rustum and Isfandaryaar, the war stories of other kings and other such tales and told the people of Mecca: Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) tells you about the nations of A&rsquo;ad and Thamud etc, I will tell you the stories and anecdotes of Rustum and Isfandaryaar and other kings of the world. </span></span>