Is it permissible for my children to buy a PlayStation game that contains theft, drinking alcohol, and inappropriate images?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My children buy electronic game cartridges called PlayStation, and they contain theft, drinking alcohol, and inappropriate images. His question is: Is it permissible for me to allow them to buy this?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to allow them to do this. It is obligatory to destroy them. These are evil matters; these are evil matters. It is obligatory to destroy them. It is obligatory for the body for enjoining good and forbidding evil to follow up on these matters and destroy them so that they do not corrupt the children of Muslims. It is also obligatory for the Ministry of Commerce to prevent their importation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My children buy electronic game cartridges called PlayStation, and they contain theft, drinking alcohol, and inappropriate images. His question is: Is it permissible for me to allow them to buy this?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to allow them to do this. It is obligatory to destroy them. These are evil matters; these are evil matters. It is obligatory to destroy them. It is obligatory for the body for enjoining good and forbidding evil to follow up on these matters and destroy them so that they do not corrupt the children of Muslims. It is also obligatory for the Ministry of Commerce to prevent their importation. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4033- 4717] هل أسمح لأولادي بشراء لعبة البلاستيشن ويوجد فيها سرقة وشرب خمر وصور سيئة؟ -صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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