The Ruling on Watching Television at Home

Question:
Our final question. A woman asks about the ruling on television, knowing that she has daughters and is trying to prevent them from watching it. She says that the father of these daughters refuses to do so and wants her to leave the girls alone so that they will refrain from it on their own. What is the ruling on this? We hope for a clarification and detail regarding television.

Answer:
May Allah keep you safe; nothing is better than safety. The person who is safe from television finds safety to be better for him, further for him, and more beneficial for his time. It is more beneficial for his time to use it for rest and sleep, to use it for study, and to use it for other matters, because television takes up his time, keeps him awake, takes up his night, and he may miss the Fajr prayer because of it. So, safety from it and staying away from it as much as possible is a gain and an escape from danger.
As for the one who is afflicted with it and commits to not using it except for things that are less harmful, such as the news—meaning he watches the news on it, watches the lectures if there are lectures, or the answers if there are questions or answers from some scholars—this is lighter. However, safety from it is still preferable, but this is lighter. As for the one who uses it to watch the women who appear on it, or to watch the series, or to watch the songs, flutes, and instruments of amusement that are displayed openly on it, this is wrong and forbidden, and it is not permissible for a person to allow it in his home. Nor should he place it between his daughters and his sons, because it is dangerous. The result is that the father must fear Allah the Exalted and keep this away from his home; it is safer for his religion and his honor, safer for his offspring, and further from danger. Yes.