The Ruling on Christian Magazines Brought into the Country
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The questioner:
Many questions and requests have come to us, and perhaps this letter is at the top of them, accompanied by an English magazine titled Panorama. Your Eminence the Shaykh, attached to this letter is a magazine that calls to Christianity. I found it with one of the Filipinos working in the Kingdom, and it had reached him via the post. I tried to obtain the envelope it arrived in, but he hid it when he learned that such a magazine is not allowed to enter this country, which Allah has honored with Islam. I ask, as others ask, to draw the attention of the responsible authorities to monitor and renew the supervision of such magazines, asking Allah to protect this country from all that is disliked, and may Allah reward you for what you do in serving Islam and the Muslims.
The Shaykh:
In sha Allah, there is no harm, may Allah bless you, there is no blame in sha Allah with us.
The questioner:
Paper.
The Shaykh:
(peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Many questions and requests have come to us, and perhaps this letter is at the top of them, accompanied by an English magazine titled Panorama. Your Eminence the Shaykh, attached to this letter is a magazine that calls to Christianity. I found it with one of the Filipinos working in the Kingdom, and it had reached him via the post. I tried to obtain the envelope it arrived in, but he hid it when he learned that such a magazine is not allowed to enter this country, which Allah has honored with Islam. I ask, as others ask, to draw the attention of the responsible authorities to monitor and renew the supervision of such magazines, asking Allah to protect this country from all that is disliked, and may Allah reward you for what you do in serving Islam and the Muslims.
The Shaykh:
In sha Allah, there is no harm, may Allah bless you, there is no blame in sha Allah with us.
The questioner:
Paper.
The Shaykh:
(peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 48 — archive.org (18:28)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
