Opening shops that sell songs and prohibiting them
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Question:
Why do you not prohibit the opening of shops that sell videos, tapes, and obscene songs, knowing that the scholars always issue rulings that they are forbidden, but the ruling is not applied.
Answer:
We ask Allah to grant the state success and help it to prohibit these things. They say that they are striving in this matter and are responsible for it. We ask Allah to help them to prohibit these evil parties and these people who sell them, who resort to every means to bring them in and sell them. Otherwise, the state prohibits them openly and prohibits the sale of these evil parties, but there are those who interpret them [loosely] and bring them in through devious ways. Yes.
Why do you not prohibit the opening of shops that sell videos, tapes, and obscene songs, knowing that the scholars always issue rulings that they are forbidden, but the ruling is not applied.
Answer:
We ask Allah to grant the state success and help it to prohibit these things. They say that they are striving in this matter and are responsible for it. We ask Allah to help them to prohibit these evil parties and these people who sell them, who resort to every means to bring them in and sell them. Otherwise, the state prohibits them openly and prohibits the sale of these evil parties, but there are those who interpret them [loosely] and bring them in through devious ways. Yes.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 53 — archive.org (1:11:14)
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