What is the ruling on following matches of all kinds via television and satellite channels?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on following matches of all kinds via television and satellite channels?
The Shaykh:
It is a waste, a waste of time and a waste of benefit, with no benefit returning to you. What do you gain? By Allah, there is no benefit, neither in religion nor in worldly affairs. The enemy harms you by keeping you up at night or preventing you from work and earning. There is absolutely no benefit. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Our enemies occupy us with something that has no benefit for us; this is what our enemies want. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on following matches of all kinds via television and satellite channels?
The Shaykh:
It is a waste, a waste of time and a waste of benefit, with no benefit returning to you. What do you gain? By Allah, there is no benefit, neither in religion nor in worldly affairs. The enemy harms you by keeping you up at night or preventing you from work and earning. There is absolutely no benefit. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Our enemies occupy us with something that has no benefit for us; this is what our enemies want. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [776 -954] ما حكم متابعة المباريات بأنواعها عبر التلفاز والقنوات الفضائية؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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