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Is it permissible for me to get a television for my children so that they do not go to the neighbors' houses to watch?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There is no television in my house, and my children go to the neighbors. Is it permissible for me to get one so that they do not have to go and can sit in the house? I mean, I have not brought them anything that would corrupt them.

Answer:
In your house, you let them go and they corrupt people's houses. This is not permissible. You are a shepherd and responsible for your flock, so do not bring them a television. Do not bring it, and do not let them go. You are their shepherd and responsible for them, and seek help from Allah the Exalted.
Now, regarding the matter of the television, if it is not the greatest, then the internet and the terrible things are. The situation is serious now. You leave your children to go, and it is no longer limited to watching television with all its evil, but today something greater and more dangerous than the television has come, which is the internet and the tribulation in it. Also, the television brings in corrupt satellite channels, corrupt stations. Do not leave your children to go. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [108 /641] هل يجوز أن أحضر لأولادي تلفاز حتى لا يذهبون ليشاهدوا عند الجيران؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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