The Ruling on Receiving Satellite Channels

Question:
What is now widespread is what is called the dish, which brings several channels to the television. What is the guidance of your eminence and the honorable scholars regarding this?

Answer:
This is a very important matter, and it is obligatory to warn against it and stay away from it, because this means that it brings you everything that is broadcast in the world, including the indecencies, lewdness, and evils that are done abroad. This is a great danger. It is not permissible for a Muslim who believes in Allah and the Last Day to have this dish in his house, because it ruins his house, his children, and his family. Rather, he should stay away from it, because it brings evils, sins, and corruption of morals. May Allah help the authorities and the people of knowledge to combat this encroaching evil in the lands of the Muslims. May Allah guide the authorities, if Allah wills, to set a limit that prevents this evil, and guide the scholars to warn, advise, and caution against this dangerous evil that has come upon the Muslims.