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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on purchasing newspapers and magazines and bringing them into the home

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Question:
So the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) came to read the magazines and languages in which there is a confirmation before you, and then reading them, and confirming them from the home was that you read them.

Answer:
There is a distinction here. If these newspapers and magazines contain benefits that you can gain from them, and the purpose of purchasing them is to look into what they contain of benefits, news, or otherwise, then there is no harm in that. However, if you no longer need them, do not leave them in the house in their current state, because you have no further use for them. But if these newspapers or magazines contain no benefits or advantages, and are merely indecent and obscene magazines, then it is not permissible to purchase them, nor is it permissible to bring them into the homes. Rather, it is obligatory to destroy them, because there is no good in them.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 001 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / مقدمة الشيخ / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:10:22)

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