I have a friend whom I see as one of the committed; he maintains the obligatory duties, but he has some negligence in his home; the television is present
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The questioner : He says: I have a friend whom I see as one of the committed. He maintains the obligatory duties, but he has some negligence in the state of his home. The television is present, and then he installed a satellite dish "the dish". I was among those who fought against it. But now he has installed it under the pretext of following the news, especially what is called Al-Jazeera channel, which broadcasts doctrinal doubts and slips them in with the news and scientific matters. What is your advice to him and those like him? I hope you will mention the harms of this dish and its effects.
The Shaykh : What I see is that the harms of these dishes are apparent in society. Now, society, or a large segment of society, has changed in a tangible way, to the point that immorality has appeared, may Allah protect us! Indeed, the greatest immorality. And even doubt is broadcast in it regarding the Islamic religion. Two men are set up to face each other. And the weaker of them is made to be the one who defends Islam. And the one who is strong in his argument and tongue is the one who attacks Islam. So this weak one is swallowed up. And the viewer falls into confusion and doubt, and perhaps prefers something other than Islam to Islam. We ask Allah for safety. And by Allah, those who broadcast these things are indeed responsible to the Muslim community. And they will find the consequences of it from the moment their souls leave their bodies. For this... And these viewers will fall into the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ahzab 33:67-68]. It is obligatory to turn away from these dishes that the enemies of Islam broadcast, and to warn against them. How many times have we warned, and others have warned, against them! But to Allah we complain. People are still in heedlessness and negligence. We ask Allah for safety. Yes.
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The Shaykh : What I see is that the harms of these dishes are apparent in society. Now, society, or a large segment of society, has changed in a tangible way, to the point that immorality has appeared, may Allah protect us! Indeed, the greatest immorality. And even doubt is broadcast in it regarding the Islamic religion. Two men are set up to face each other. And the weaker of them is made to be the one who defends Islam. And the one who is strong in his argument and tongue is the one who attacks Islam. So this weak one is swallowed up. And the viewer falls into confusion and doubt, and perhaps prefers something other than Islam to Islam. We ask Allah for safety. And by Allah, those who broadcast these things are indeed responsible to the Muslim community. And they will find the consequences of it from the moment their souls leave their bodies. For this... And these viewers will fall into the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(67) And they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, and they led us astray from the [right] way. (68) Our Lord, give them double the punishment and curse them with a great curse."
رَبَّنَا إِنَّا أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَاءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَ رَبَّنَا آتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنْ الْعَذَابِ وَالْعَنْهُمْ لَعْناً كَبِيراًLast question here.