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Sheikh Jackson

شيخ جاكسون

Sheikh Jackson.

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At a glance

Identifiers
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Review
Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it

Tradition versus cultureMusic and its permissibilityReligious authorities

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2017 CE · 1438 AH†
Countries
EG
Languages
ar (original) · en (original)
Approach
drama of Muslim life
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A film by Amr Salama about an al-Azhar imam who adores Michael Jackson and whose faith collapses when his singer dies; Egypt submitted it for the Oscars. 1 2

People and things also explored

Shi'ar (the distinctive sign: the inner garment, a battle cry, and dress that sets a group apart)· The Lizard· Hür Adam: Bediüzzaman Said Nursi· Mawlana· Zindagi Tamasha· The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· Ahl al-Kitab (the People of the Book, their status, and the rules on marriage, food, covenant and dealings)· Intellectual invasion (al-ghazw al-fikri) in the Sheikh's view

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Sheikh Jackson”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/shaykh-jakson-2017/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Shi'ar (the distinctive sign: the inner garment, a battle cry, and dress that sets a group apart)

Shi'ar in language is the garment that touches the body, under the outer cloak; in the jurists' usage it is the clear distinctive sign. As a war cry it is the call by which fighters know one another. Most jurists hold that imitating non-Muslims in a dress that marks them out is a ground for judging the imitator an unbeliever in outward legal terms, when done in Muslim lands out of inclination to them, unless necessity requires it. Dress that is conspicuously against custom is disliked; most jurists hold that instruments of drinking gatherings, such as the lute and the pipe, are forbidden.