Ruling on immoral magazines

Praise be to Allaah.

The mutawaatir reports of the Sunnah show that
making pictures or images is absolutely haraam and those who make pictures are
cursed. Every maker of pictures will be in Hell, and every picture or image
that he made will be given a soul and he will be punished by it in Hell. The
makers of pictures will be the most severely punished of people. The picture-maker
will be told to breathe life into the images he made; they will be punished
and will be told, “Give life to that which you have created!” The
prohibition is multiplied if these pictures cause temptation, such as pictures
of naked women, or pictures of men with women. If that is haraam, then how about
the magazines that promote this and call people to temptation, immorality, promiscuity
and the means of doing wrong? Anyone who publishes such magazines, or sells
them, gives them as a gift or buys them, partakes in the sin. The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed wine and the one who sells
it, the one who buys it, the one who makes it, the one for whom it is made,
the one who drinks it, the one who serves it, the one who carries it, the one
to whom it is carried, and the one who profits from it. The same applies to
these magazines, whose bad effect on people’s morals, chastity and religion
is sometimes worse than that of alcohol, especially when they contain deviant
ideas and news of female performers and women who adorn themselves in the manner
of jaahiliyyah. Publishing these magazines, writing articles for them, importing
them and publicizing them means that one is taking part in this corruption,
spreading immorality and calling for promiscuity, social disintegration and
deviation from correct morals and modesty. Our advice to anyone who wants to
attain salvation is to keep away from these magazines and have nothing to do
with them in the slightest, in the hope of saving oneself and keeping one’s
religion and honour safe. And Allaah knows best.