Selling Televisions, Weapons, and Grapes to Those Who Use Them for What Is Forbidden
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it permissible to sell televisions based on Jabir’s hadith regarding 'Umar’s sale of silk?
The Shaykh:
Go ahead with the question about the television. Yes, repeat the question.
The questioner:
He asks: Is it permissible to sell televisions based on Jabir’s hadith regarding 'Umar’s sale of silk?
The Shaykh:
If you know that this man will wear the silk, do not sell it to him. If you know that this man uses the television for bad programs and low-quality programs, do not sell it to him, because this is cooperation in sin and aggression. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: He wishes to...
The Shaykh:
Weapons are not sold to one who fights in fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). It is not permissible to sell to him. Likewise, grapes are not sold to one who makes them into khamr (intoxicants). One does not assist in falsehood. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it permissible to sell televisions based on Jabir’s hadith regarding 'Umar’s sale of silk?
The Shaykh:
Go ahead with the question about the television. Yes, repeat the question.
The questioner:
He asks: Is it permissible to sell televisions based on Jabir’s hadith regarding 'Umar’s sale of silk?
The Shaykh:
If you know that this man will wear the silk, do not sell it to him. If you know that this man uses the television for bad programs and low-quality programs, do not sell it to him, because this is cooperation in sin and aggression. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: He wishes to...
The Shaykh:
Weapons are not sold to one who fights in fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). It is not permissible to sell to him. Likewise, grapes are not sold to one who makes them into khamr (intoxicants). One does not assist in falsehood. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب استحباب الصلاة في ثوبين وجوازها في الثوب الواحد — islamhouse.com (59:30)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.