Is it forbidden to merely keep entertainment devices?
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh! This questioner says that he is at the beginning of the path of rectitude. Is it permissible for him to keep some of the devices he has, such as an Atari console and others? He wants to ask. Also, he says that he is at the beginning of the path of rectitude. Is it permissible for him to keep some of the devices he has, such as an Atari and others? Is it permissible for him? Is it permissible for him? Is it permissible for him to keep some of the devices he has, such as an Atari and others?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the believer to be upright upon the truth and to stay away from everything that Allah has forbidden, because part of being upright is leaving what Allah has forbidden and standing firm upon what Allah has prescribed. This is the straight path. So he repents to Allah, feels remorse for his past sins, abandons them, and resolves not to return to them, out of fear of Allah and out of reverence for Him. And if he has been freed by Allah, this is what is obligatory for the believer: if his foot slips, he should hasten to repent, abandon his sin, feel remorse for the past, and resolve not to return. And if the sin involves people, there must be a fourth thing, which is seeking forgiveness from the one he wronged, or giving him his right. Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh! This questioner says that he is at the beginning of the path of rectitude. Is it permissible for him to keep some of the devices he has, such as an Atari console and others? He wants to ask. Also, he says that he is at the beginning of the path of rectitude. Is it permissible for him to keep some of the devices he has, such as an Atari and others? Is it permissible for him? Is it permissible for him? Is it permissible for him to keep some of the devices he has, such as an Atari and others?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the believer to be upright upon the truth and to stay away from everything that Allah has forbidden, because part of being upright is leaving what Allah has forbidden and standing firm upon what Allah has prescribed. This is the straight path. So he repents to Allah, feels remorse for his past sins, abandons them, and resolves not to return to them, out of fear of Allah and out of reverence for Him. And if he has been freed by Allah, this is what is obligatory for the believer: if his foot slips, he should hasten to repent, abandon his sin, feel remorse for the past, and resolve not to return. And if the sin involves people, there must be a fourth thing, which is seeking forgiveness from the one he wronged, or giving him his right. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 246 هل يحرم مجرد الاحتفاظ بالآت اللهو؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com (0:56)
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