The ruling on bringing a satellite dish into the home under the pretext of following lessons and news
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, one of them, if we rebuke him for installing a satellite dish, says: "I bought it to follow the broadcasts of educational lessons and I only follow the news bulletins, and the remote is in my hand, and I have set a code for it." Is this action correct?
Answer:
This is not correct, and this is an excuse for what is invalid. It is not permissible for him to bring a satellite dish into his home because it brings upon him many evils. Education, and praise be to Allah, is available without the dish. That is, the Muslim community from the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until now have been learning, and they did not have dishes, and we have not seen things being better in education. And now they say the dish has education. Education for falsehood, yes, it has education, but education for evil. And if there is something of good in it, it is submerged by what is in it of evils and falsehood. So it is not permissible for one who fears Allah the Exalted and fears for himself and his children; it is not permissible for him to bring a satellite dish into his home, even if the remote is in his hand, and even if, as he says, it is not permissible, because it is a danger and a means of evil and a means of destruction. And what the dish brings is nothing but evil. People have complained about the dish. The people who have something of faith in them have complained about it because of what is in it of evils. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, one of them, if we rebuke him for installing a satellite dish, says: "I bought it to follow the broadcasts of educational lessons and I only follow the news bulletins, and the remote is in my hand, and I have set a code for it." Is this action correct?
Answer:
This is not correct, and this is an excuse for what is invalid. It is not permissible for him to bring a satellite dish into his home because it brings upon him many evils. Education, and praise be to Allah, is available without the dish. That is, the Muslim community from the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until now have been learning, and they did not have dishes, and we have not seen things being better in education. And now they say the dish has education. Education for falsehood, yes, it has education, but education for evil. And if there is something of good in it, it is submerged by what is in it of evils and falsehood. So it is not permissible for one who fears Allah the Exalted and fears for himself and his children; it is not permissible for him to bring a satellite dish into his home, even if the remote is in his hand, and even if, as he says, it is not permissible, because it is a danger and a means of evil and a means of destruction. And what the dish brings is nothing but evil. People have complained about the dish. The people who have something of faith in them have complained about it because of what is in it of evils. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-02-مفتاح السعادة في الدنيا والآخرة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (52:22)
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