The ruling on bringing a television into the home to watch religious programs

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, my family and children have insisted that I bring a television into the house. We do not watch serials or songs on it, but we watch the Noble Qur'an and religious programs. Should I bring it in for them or not?

Answer:
As long as Allah has kept you safe from it, you should avoid this thing. Do not let them deceive you by saying they only watch this or that, and they only watch this or that. That is at the beginning, but then they drift away after that. And the Qur'an, praise be to Allah, is made easy. Whoever wants the Qur'an, it is easy through tapes and the radio, the Qur'an radio. The Qur'an radio now, whoever wants to learn the Qur'an or listen to the Qur'an, it is easy day and night, praise be to Allah. The tapes and the recited mushafs are easy; you can listen to them whenever you want, whether you are in the car, in the house, or at work. So the one who wants the Qur'an, Allah the Exalted says: How long? And among the ways Allah has made the Qur'an easy are these tapes and this Qur'anic radio that broadcasts the Qur'an all night and day. So what is the need for the television? Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and companions.