The ruling on selling a television set to get rid of it
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Question:
This questioner asks, and the gist of his question is that after Allah the Exalted guided him, he wanted to get rid of his television set because he learned that it contains both good and evil. He asks whether it is permissible for him to sell this device, or what he should do with it?
Answer:
There is a difficulty in this matter, but if he sells it and gives its price in charity, that might be an acceptable solution. This would be an acceptable solution: he sells it and gives the price in charity, thereby getting rid of it.
This questioner asks, and the gist of his question is that after Allah the Exalted guided him, he wanted to get rid of his television set because he learned that it contains both good and evil. He asks whether it is permissible for him to sell this device, or what he should do with it?
Answer:
There is a difficulty in this matter, but if he sells it and gives its price in charity, that might be an acceptable solution. This would be an acceptable solution: he sells it and gives the price in charity, thereby getting rid of it.
Source
لقاء مفتوح مع فضيلته — archive.org (1:05:04)
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