Buying Stuff With Shirk & Sinful Element In It, Does Ur Niyat Make A Difference?
There is a difference between: Believing in shirk, Promoting shirk as truth and Consuming fictional content that contains imaginary belief systems If someone buys Marvel or DC content knowing it is fiction and does not adopt those beliefs, then what are they actually buying? They are paying for storytelling, production, acting, entertainment and their hard work— not for worshipping Thor or accepting those gods as real. In Islam, accountability is tied to intention and endorsement, not indirect economic ripple effects. If indirect benefit automatically made someone sinful, then using YouTube would be sinful because some creators spread kufr, buying from non-Muslim companies would be sinful, and even paying taxes in a non-Muslim country would become problematic because money might fund unislamic policies. You are responsible for what you believe and what you intentionally promote. You are not responsible for every secondary use of money in a global market. So if your niyat is purely entertainment and you reject those belief systems, buying such media is not shirk, nor is it automatically a major or minor sin just because the creator earns money. As for sharing it — the same principle applies. If you share it as fiction (“this universe is cool”), that is not promoting shirk. If you share it as religious truth or glorify it as belief, that would be different. The moral line is endorsement, not exposure. Otherwise, even studying Greek mythology, Hinduism, or comparative religion would become sinful — which clearly isn’t the case. Scholars study other religions without committing shirk. Now, important part is if certain content weakens your own faith or normalizes immorality for you personally, then it becomes a self-discipline issue. That’s about spiritual impact, not about indirect funding. So the real question is not “does the creator earn money?” but “am I endorsing false belief or adopting it?” If the answer is no, and your intention is clear, then you are not blameworthy for indirect economic consequences. Islam holds you accountable for your belief, your intention, and your conscious support of falsehood — not for global market mechanics beyond your control.