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Is it permissible for me to display sports channels in my own cafe?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. The honorable Shaykh says: I own a cafe, and I sell in it only what Allah has made lawful. However, I have a subscription to one of the satellite sports channels to display the matches, which may attract young people to watch them. I also have a video player on which I display sports matches. Is this work of mine permissible? And if this is forbidden, what should I do? Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
This is a means to displaying other things, because you are enticing people. The people will say, "By Allah, this is not enough for us; we want to see the other satellite channels so that we will come." So, do not open this door for yourself, my brother. Do not open this door for yourself. You do not know about sports or anything else. Because this opens a door for you, and the people will not be satisfied with this; they will ask you for more. And since a person loves money and loves riyals, he will submit to the desires of the people and bring them what they want. So, do not open a door of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) for yourself. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز لي أن أعرض القنوات الرياضية في المقهى الخاص بي؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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