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

                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 Allah.
      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.