What is the ruling on opening commercial stores to sell educational video films?
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The questioner : The questioner asks: What is the ruling on opening a commercial store to sell video tapes on which scientific lectures and educational films are recorded?
The Shaykh : The ruling on this. The ruling on this, what is it?
The questioner : Regarding opening the commercial store.
The Shaykh : Commercial stores for displaying these items: it has reached me that a fatwa was issued by the Department of Islamic Research and Ifta in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia permitting this, because it includes benefits for people and they benefit from what they watch of these valuable lectures, and it spares many people from going to other films that would lead to their destruction.
The Shaykh : The ruling on this. The ruling on this, what is it?
The questioner : Regarding opening the commercial store.
The Shaykh : Commercial stores for displaying these items: it has reached me that a fatwa was issued by the Department of Islamic Research and Ifta in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia permitting this, because it includes benefits for people and they benefit from what they watch of these valuable lectures, and it spares many people from going to other films that would lead to their destruction.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[14 من 31]ما حكم فتح محلات تجارية لبيع أفلام الفيديو التعليمية؟!! ابن عثيمين -مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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