The Ruling on Students of Knowledge Appearing on Satellite Channels
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Question:
The questioner says: There are some pretenders to knowledge who appear on satellite channels, and among these corrupt channels is the MBC channel, which features singers, male and female, and those who incite to sin, male and female, as well as the corrupt, male and female. These people who issue fatwas also appear on it. So, O our Shaykh, do you advise students of knowledge to appear on this channel? Please guide us, may Allah bless you.
Answer:
By Allah, in my own view, I do not appear on it, nor on any other channel, because this is image-making. This is image-making, and image-making is forbidden. Your image appears in it, and you have agreed to the image, agreed to the image-making. There are other avenues for spreading knowledge, calling people to Allah, and teaching, that do not involve image-making. There is no image-making involved.
So the callers, the guides, and those who issue fatwas to people should issue their fatwas on channels that do not have image-making and do not have television. That is what I see. The call to Allah has not depended on this channel or this means. There are many means, and praise be to Allah, that are one hundred percent sound and contain no prohibition.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: There are some pretenders to knowledge who appear on satellite channels, and among these corrupt channels is the MBC channel, which features singers, male and female, and those who incite to sin, male and female, as well as the corrupt, male and female. These people who issue fatwas also appear on it. So, O our Shaykh, do you advise students of knowledge to appear on this channel? Please guide us, may Allah bless you.
Answer:
By Allah, in my own view, I do not appear on it, nor on any other channel, because this is image-making. This is image-making, and image-making is forbidden. Your image appears in it, and you have agreed to the image, agreed to the image-making. There are other avenues for spreading knowledge, calling people to Allah, and teaching, that do not involve image-making. There is no image-making involved.
So the callers, the guides, and those who issue fatwas to people should issue their fatwas on channels that do not have image-making and do not have television. That is what I see. The call to Allah has not depended on this channel or this means. There are many means, and praise be to Allah, that are one hundred percent sound and contain no prohibition.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-099-نواقض الإسلام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:30)
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