Advice to those who stay up late watching channels and abandon acts of worship
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the truth is, the female questioner says that many people stay up until just before dawn, abandoning acts of worship, and this staying up is in front of the channels. Perhaps you have some guidance for them regarding this matter.
Answer:
Staying up late watching channels is a great loss, even if the only thing about it is that the one who stays up misses the Fajr prayer and is unable to pray Fajr. If a means leads to what is forbidden, then it is forbidden. So staying up late that leads to abandoning prayer is forbidden staying up. Second, staying up late watching channels
that come from here and there and carry evils, trials, licentiousness, and the commission of shameful deeds. This affects a person in his religion; he is influenced by these channels, and as a result, he commits shameful deeds and sins, because he is affected by what is done in these channels and what he watches. They raise him with a bad upbringing, and they raise his children and women with a bad upbringing. Third, they encourage imitating these people, following them, and resembling them in their actions and appearances. All of these are matters that are severely forbidden. It is obligatory for the Muslim to fear Allah, to be mindful of Allah, and not to open up a front of corruption for himself, his children, and his household, because they are a trust in his neck, and he is their shepherd. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah the Exalted and Majestic says: [At-Tahrim 66:6]. Yes.
It is obligatory for the Muslim to clear his house of these corrupt, harmful channels, and to be mindful of Allah the Exalted and Majestic in himself, his children, and his household, and not to be a bad example for his neighbors.
Honorable Shaykh, the truth is, the female questioner says that many people stay up until just before dawn, abandoning acts of worship, and this staying up is in front of the channels. Perhaps you have some guidance for them regarding this matter.
Answer:
Staying up late watching channels is a great loss, even if the only thing about it is that the one who stays up misses the Fajr prayer and is unable to pray Fajr. If a means leads to what is forbidden, then it is forbidden. So staying up late that leads to abandoning prayer is forbidden staying up. Second, staying up late watching channels
that come from here and there and carry evils, trials, licentiousness, and the commission of shameful deeds. This affects a person in his religion; he is influenced by these channels, and as a result, he commits shameful deeds and sins, because he is affected by what is done in these channels and what he watches. They raise him with a bad upbringing, and they raise his children and women with a bad upbringing. Third, they encourage imitating these people, following them, and resembling them in their actions and appearances. All of these are matters that are severely forbidden. It is obligatory for the Muslim to fear Allah, to be mindful of Allah, and not to open up a front of corruption for himself, his children, and his household, because they are a trust in his neck, and he is their shepherd. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Each of you is a shepherd, and each of you is responsible for his flock. The imam is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock. The head of the household is a shepherd in his household and is responsible for his flock.
كلكم راع وكلكم مسؤول عن رعيته الامام راع ومسؤول عن رعيته صاحب البيت راع في اهل بيته مسؤول عن رعيتهO you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَائِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَّا يَعْصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَIt is obligatory for the Muslim to clear his house of these corrupt, harmful channels, and to be mindful of Allah the Exalted and Majestic in himself, his children, and his household, and not to be a bad example for his neighbors.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6576- نصيحة للذين يسهرون حول القنوات ويتركون العبادات - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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