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Is it permissible to teach children the Arabic language through television?

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Question:
Another person says: I have a child who is three years old and does not speak Arabic, so I bought him a television for him to learn Arabic from it. Have I wronged him, or am I correct, knowing that I am always absent from him? We say: I have a child who is three years old and does not speak Arabic, so I bought him a television for him to learn Arabic from it. Have I wronged him while I am absent from him for a long period?

Answer:
This is a great danger, because the television contains songs, poetry, and some evil series. He may hear things that remain in his mind, and then he lives with them afterwards. He should be taught some beneficial words, taught by his mother, his father, and his brother, so that he becomes accustomed to the Arabic words he lives with. As for placing him in front of the television, this makes him live with that thing and become accustomed to hearing what Allah has forbidden.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 105 هل يجوز تعليم الأطفال اللغة العربية عن طريق التلفاز؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com

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