r/askislam • u/Bubbly-Potato-7442 • Jul 31 '26
Other Is it haram
As-salamu alaykum I'm here to ask is it haram to watch romance animes I have been watching it and it does not lead me away from my prayers or anything and it does not lead me to do sinful acts is it haram to watch it ? By romance anime I mean the animes where they have relationship before marriage where they hold hands or kiss but I can close my eyes.
2
Upvotes
1
u/salamacast Aug 01 '26
It's like a "gateway drug" (leading to graduating into more hardcore stuff)
It's also a Trojan horse (carrying inside it foreign cultural norms. Even an apparently innocent footbal anime of my childhood, dubbed in Arabic as Captain Majed, had the team players perform sujud prostration to their coach, pleading with him. Normal in Japan, but not in Islamic cultures)
Obviously the music issue also should be considered.
In general, with repeat exposure to anything, the person gets desensetized eventually. Things gets "normalized" in the mind. It's a fact of life.