Denouncing Evil in Video Content
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Question:
There are some videos near us that display certain things that do not please Allah or His Messenger, including some striking images. When we ask the video owner, "What are these indecent images?" he says they are permitted by the media, and that the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice has seen them and said nothing to us. What is your opinion on this? Yes.
Answer:
It is obligatory for him to denounce the evil. As for his claim that the Commission or the media has approved it, he may be lying; the Commission does not approve such things, and neither does the media. They have instructions regarding all light films, but whoever engages in what Allah has forbidden is lying. It is obligatory for you to denounce the evil and to report it if he does not desist and if it becomes more apparent. And it is obligatory that you...
There are some videos near us that display certain things that do not please Allah or His Messenger, including some striking images. When we ask the video owner, "What are these indecent images?" he says they are permitted by the media, and that the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice has seen them and said nothing to us. What is your opinion on this? Yes.
Answer:
It is obligatory for him to denounce the evil. As for his claim that the Commission or the media has approved it, he may be lying; the Commission does not approve such things, and neither does the media. They have instructions regarding all light films, but whoever engages in what Allah has forbidden is lying. It is obligatory for you to denounce the evil and to report it if he does not desist and if it becomes more apparent. And it is obligatory that you...
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 58 — archive.org (48:36)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
