How do we respond to those who install satellite dishes on the excuse that scholars and preachers appear on them?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If I advise someone who has young people in the house, they say, "If it were forbidden, the scholars and preachers would not appear on it, and they would not sell it." What is your position on this?
Answer:
They appear only on the local television that broadcasts from here, the one on which they appear is the local television. As for satellite dishes, they do not appear on them because they come from outside and are not from our country.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If I advise someone who has young people in the house, they say, "If it were forbidden, the scholars and preachers would not appear on it, and they would not sell it." What is your position on this?
Answer:
They appear only on the local television that broadcasts from here, the one on which they appear is the local television. As for satellite dishes, they do not appear on them because they come from outside and are not from our country.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف نرد على من يقتني الدش بحجة أن العلماء والدعاة يظهرون عليه؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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