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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Staying in the father's house that has a satellite dish

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Question:
He says: My father prays, fasts, pays zakah, and performs acts of obedience, but he has a satellite dish in his house. I have advised him, and he told me, "I follow the news and the stock market." He prevents some of his family members from watching, fearing what is in some of it. Is it permissible for me to stay in this house, out of fear of sin upon me and my wife?

Answer:
You may stay in the house, but do not attend this viewing. Neither you, nor your wife, nor your brothers should attend. You must advise him and repeat the advice to him, so that perhaps you may save him from this bad state. He watches what is not permissible to watch, for this is a great fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and a major calamity that has entered homes. Whoever falls into it finds it difficult to be uprooted from it. So you must treat him and persist with him. If he does not comply, at the very least, avoid this gathering and be in other rooms or other gatherings in the house until Allah guides him and accepts his repentance. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-27-بر الوالدين والتحذير من العقوق|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:15)

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