A Letter on the Impact of Media and Television on the Believing Woman
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Question:
To my father: Every person carries an animal within them, from dogs and wolves. Your believing, noble, chaste, and pure sister is preyed upon by the wolves of humanity, indeed by the vagabonds of humanity. Who will save her? Who will show her the right path? These people are singing the praises of your believing sister on television—the singers and the actors. I am making it clear to you, my father, that after Allah the Mighty and Majestic, we have no one but you. Will you not appear on television, even for five minutes, to explain to people that singing is forbidden, acting is forbidden, and displaying one’s adornment is forbidden, and so on? I am writing this letter, and it is filled with the tears of the believing woman. Oh my father, I wish I knew what would become of that letter. And what is the saying of one of you: “O Allah, I have conveyed the message; O Allah, be a witness; O Allah, be a witness.”
Answer:
May Allah bless you, may Allah reward you with good, and may He bless you. May He keep us and you firm upon guidance.
Efforts are being made in this regard with the officials and with the Ministry of Media. We ask Allah to guide them and to help us and them against Satan. They will move toward more of that, and they will observe the issue you pointed out. We ask Allah to complete it with good and to remove from television and radio all evil and all affliction. A few days ago, or perhaps less, on the occasion of the festival, the Minister of Media may have weighed this matter heavily. We ask Allah to help with good and to guide them, or to replace them with someone better than them. It is not permissible, if Allah wills, for this to be observed and for it to become a circle around it. This is the Torah.
To my father: Every person carries an animal within them, from dogs and wolves. Your believing, noble, chaste, and pure sister is preyed upon by the wolves of humanity, indeed by the vagabonds of humanity. Who will save her? Who will show her the right path? These people are singing the praises of your believing sister on television—the singers and the actors. I am making it clear to you, my father, that after Allah the Mighty and Majestic, we have no one but you. Will you not appear on television, even for five minutes, to explain to people that singing is forbidden, acting is forbidden, and displaying one’s adornment is forbidden, and so on? I am writing this letter, and it is filled with the tears of the believing woman. Oh my father, I wish I knew what would become of that letter. And what is the saying of one of you: “O Allah, I have conveyed the message; O Allah, be a witness; O Allah, be a witness.”
Answer:
May Allah bless you, may Allah reward you with good, and may He bless you. May He keep us and you firm upon guidance.
Efforts are being made in this regard with the officials and with the Ministry of Media. We ask Allah to guide them and to help us and them against Satan. They will move toward more of that, and they will observe the issue you pointed out. We ask Allah to complete it with good and to remove from television and radio all evil and all affliction. A few days ago, or perhaps less, on the occasion of the festival, the Minister of Media may have weighed this matter heavily. We ask Allah to help with good and to guide them, or to replace them with someone better than them. It is not permissible, if Allah wills, for this to be observed and for it to become a circle around it. This is the Torah.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١٥ — archive.org (23:56)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.