The tenant placing satellite dishes and televisions in the rented house
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if the tenant installs a satellite dish, does that invalidate the rent? And what about a television?
Answer:
This depends on the harm and the forbidden acts that occur. If he installs the satellite dish and uses it for forbidden matters, then the owner of the place has the right to remove it, and it is not permissible for him to allow him to keep it. Likewise, if he uses the television to watch forbidden things, or if the foolish gather around it, gathering together and staying up late, then the owner of the place has the right to remove it from his place, because he rented it for residence, not for it to be a place for watching forbidden things and gathering with open sinners. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if the tenant installs a satellite dish, does that invalidate the rent? And what about a television?
Answer:
This depends on the harm and the forbidden acts that occur. If he installs the satellite dish and uses it for forbidden matters, then the owner of the place has the right to remove it, and it is not permissible for him to allow him to keep it. Likewise, if he uses the television to watch forbidden things, or if the foolish gather around it, gathering together and staying up late, then the owner of the place has the right to remove it from his place, because he rented it for residence, not for it to be a place for watching forbidden things and gathering with open sinners. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - ٠٥٨-تكملة الشركة وأنواعها - الإجارة - ٢٧-١٠-٢٣ هـ — archive.org (58:15)
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