The Ruling on Using the Computer
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh. The questioner says: There is a great deal of empty space in homes that, praise be to Allah, do not have a television set. Is it permissible for a man to find something to fill that space with, that would benefit his children, such as what is called Islamic video, or a computer, or other such means?
Answer:
He has in his home what brings benefit to his family from permissible, good things: good programs that call to good and help him in good, from recitations of the Qur'an and hadith, advice, and sermons. He seeks what benefits him and helps him in the obedience of Allah. Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh. The questioner says: There is a great deal of empty space in homes that, praise be to Allah, do not have a television set. Is it permissible for a man to find something to fill that space with, that would benefit his children, such as what is called Islamic video, or a computer, or other such means?
Answer:
He has in his home what brings benefit to his family from permissible, good things: good programs that call to good and help him in good, from recitations of the Qur'an and hadith, advice, and sermons. He seeks what benefits him and helps him in the obedience of Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 088 حكم استعمال الكمبيوتر للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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