What is the ruling on acquiring a digital device used by some Christian missionary organizations?
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Question:
I ask Allah to do you good, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some Christian missionary organizations have started broadcasting their channels in Arabic for the purpose of proselytizing. They have started. Some Christian missionary organizations have started broadcasting their channels in Arabic for the purpose of proselytizing on the digital device called digital. The question is: What is the ruling on one who acquires this device, installs it, and displays it in his home?
Answer:
It is not permissible for this except for one who has knowledge and wants to look into it in order to refute them and foil their plot. As for one who takes it just to watch, or is ignorant and does not know, or puts it with his children or daughters, this is not permissible. It is not permissible to bring the call to disbelief into your home, except in one case: the capable scholar who wants to look into their evil in order to work to resist it.
I ask Allah to do you good, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some Christian missionary organizations have started broadcasting their channels in Arabic for the purpose of proselytizing. They have started. Some Christian missionary organizations have started broadcasting their channels in Arabic for the purpose of proselytizing on the digital device called digital. The question is: What is the ruling on one who acquires this device, installs it, and displays it in his home?
Answer:
It is not permissible for this except for one who has knowledge and wants to look into it in order to refute them and foil their plot. As for one who takes it just to watch, or is ignorant and does not know, or puts it with his children or daughters, this is not permissible. It is not permissible to bring the call to disbelief into your home, except in one case: the capable scholar who wants to look into their evil in order to work to resist it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم اقتناء جهاز الديجيتال الذي يستعمله بعض الجهات التنصيرية؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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