A restaurant owner was asked by his customers to install satellite channels to watch the matches, so what is the guidance?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a restaurant owner who says: We have a restaurant and I own it, and some of the customers who eat inside the restaurant want us to install satellite channels there. They want us to install satellite channels there to watch the matches. Is it permissible for me to put these channels in my restaurant?
Answer:
These people did not come wanting food; they came wanting sports. Do not do this. Do not do this. Serve them food if they want it, or else they should leave and find someone who provides them with sports. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a restaurant owner who says: We have a restaurant and I own it, and some of the customers who eat inside the restaurant want us to install satellite channels there. They want us to install satellite channels there to watch the matches. Is it permissible for me to put these channels in my restaurant?
Answer:
These people did not come wanting food; they came wanting sports. Do not do this. Do not do this. Serve them food if they want it, or else they should leave and find someone who provides them with sports. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2960 -3022] صاحب مطعم طلب منه الزبائن إدخال قنوات فضائية لأجل مشاهدة المباريات فما التوجيه؟ — youtube.com
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