What is the ruling on voice-acting on the radio?

 

What is the ruling on voice-acting on the radio? I have searched a great deal on all the websites of the senior shaykhs such as Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, Shaykh Ibn Baaz, and others, and I could not find any clear answer.

Praise be to Allaah.

There are previous answers dealing with acting and what is
connected to it. Please see the answers to questions no.
10836 and
22442. 

In the answer to question no.
14488 there is a fatwa of the
Standing Committee which states that it is haraam to act the part of any of
the Companions of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in
movies, plays and so on. 

In those answers it also says:

1.

There is no difference between voice acting and acting that
is seen. 

2.

There is no difference of opinion among the scholars that
acting which involves indecency, free mixing or any haraam content or
actions is haraam. 

3.

None of the scholars permit acting in general terms; rather
they have stipulated conditions and guidelines. 

4.

It is not appropriate to do a great deal of permissible
acting -- according to those who say that it is permissible -- even if that
is for the sake of calling people to Allah. 

After searching a great deal, we did not find any fatwa by
any of our senior scholars that speaks specifically of voice acting. What
seems to be the case is that there is no difference between voice acting on
the radio and acting that is seen, as it is all acting, whether the view is
that it is permissible or that it is forbidden. But there is no doubt that
acting that is seen is more serious in terms of fitnah and causes more
corruption, because temptation caused by a living, visible image is not the
same as temptation caused by a voice that is merely heard. But we are
speaking of acting in and of itself, regardless of what other things may
accompany it. 

And Allah knows best.