The ruling on the names of companies written on calendars and clocks in the mosque
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Question:
And other such matters: what is the ruling on the names of institutions or companies written on some calendars or on a person’s watches that are found in the mosque? The command in the early days of Islam was to take care of the sanctity of Allah.
Answer:
Yes. It is obligatory to obliterate these things. If a calendar contains advertising for a company or institution, that part is to be obliterated. It is permissible to benefit from the calendar, but the advertisement or the company’s logo or slogan—what they call advertisements—must be obliterated and not left. Likewise, if wall clocks have some advertising or writing on them, that part is to be obliterated.
And other such matters: what is the ruling on the names of institutions or companies written on some calendars or on a person’s watches that are found in the mosque? The command in the early days of Islam was to take care of the sanctity of Allah.
Answer:
Yes. It is obligatory to obliterate these things. If a calendar contains advertising for a company or institution, that part is to be obliterated. It is permissible to benefit from the calendar, but the advertisement or the company’s logo or slogan—what they call advertisements—must be obliterated and not left. Likewise, if wall clocks have some advertising or writing on them, that part is to be obliterated.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 51 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الصلاة/المساجد/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (50:29)
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