The Ruling on Selling a Television Set

Question : And this is a sister asking, and in her question she says: Honorable Shaykh, I am a woman who watches television, but Allah guided me, and all praise is due to Allah. Is it permissible to sell it, meaning this device?

Answer : Yes, selling the television is not permissible unless you sell it to a person whom you are confident will use it for something lawful, such as selling it to a person who uses it for news, or to a person who uses it for lawful video content; in that case, there is nothing wrong with it. As for selling it to the general public, it is well known that the general public use this device for forbidden things. The legal principle is that it is not permissible for a person to sell something to someone whom he is confident will use it for something forbidden, because this falls under the category of cooperating in sin and aggression. So, if a person comes wanting to buy this device, and the seller knows him and knows that he does not use it for forbidden things, then there is no harm in selling it to him. Yes.