Is it permissible to watch documentary programs that show the dwellings of Thamud and other places of punishment?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to watch documentary programs that show these ruins, and the dwellings of Thamud and other places where punishment befell their people?
Answer:
If watching them is for the sake of taking a lesson and admonition, there is nothing wrong with it. But if it is for admiring them, exalting them, and their people, then it is not permissible.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to watch documentary programs that show these ruins, and the dwellings of Thamud and other places where punishment befell their people?
Answer:
If watching them is for the sake of taking a lesson and admonition, there is nothing wrong with it. But if it is for admiring them, exalting them, and their people, then it is not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3187] هل يجوز مشاهدة البرامج الوثائقية التي تعرض ديار ثمود وغيرها من أماكن العذاب؟ — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.