Is becoming a fan of celebrity haram in Islam?

Assalamu'alaikum everyone,


I am from Indonesia. I hope you guys can help to explain to me my confusion here.


Lately, i've become a fan from one of kpop idol group, I did so many things that every other fan did too, like listened to all their music, bought their album, saved their picture on social media, watched their previous video, watched their concert, and even i've memorized all of their profile and habits.


And yesterday, my father sent me this hadits :

Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.”

Source: Sunan Abu Dawud 4031

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Ibn Hajar

عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِقَوْمٍ فَهُوَ مِنْهُمْ

4031 سنن �£بي داود كِتَاب اللِّبَاسِ من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم

المحدث ابن حجر العسقلاني خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده حسن


My father sent that with the mention 'you must read this hadits, it's haram for you to be a fan of non-muslims celebrity, if you included to be one of them, it's means you can't get the jannah, and what makes me so sad is you said you want us to be together again in jannah'.

My heart feels so broken after read that text. I cried a lot. Is it true that islam not allow us to be a fan of non-muslims celebrity because it means we are the one of them in the hereafter?

Thanks in advance,

Wassalam.

Thank you for your advise. And thank you for the reply. It'll really help me.

I'll try to discuss this topic with my father as soon as possible. And I will try to fade my obsession for kpop step by step for my sake.

Thank you @abuayisha. Barakallah.

It's not haram, but as long as not too much ("exceed the boundary") and not make them as "idol" .

Asselamwalaikum warehmatulla hiwabarakatuhu,..in islam you should follow those who are steadfast in deen, those who contain great knowledge of islam and those who are contributing their time towards poor and orphans,.the person who is not trangressing or doing haram things...while spoken about celebrities, firstly note that music, singing,dancing and acting is Haram and strictly prohibited in islam, as music deviates us from true path and remembrance of Allah as it is the tool of shaitaan to misguide us, and dancing acting also involves vulgarity ,alcohol ,and foul words which are no where related to deen,..As prophet pbuh said : Those who follow immoral men /women will be amongst them,and on the day of judgement Allah swt will question us about whom we followed in dunya and when a slave answers the name of a celebrity or a person then that person will hold no responsibility of misguiding him and Allah swt will tell both of them to enter hell fire as the celeb diverted their mind and they took them as their heros,..