Is it a sin for a person to bring satellite dishes and the internet into his home?
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh! The questioner says: Among the characteristics of the hypocrites is the squandering of trust. The question is: Is the one who brings means of corruption into his home, such as satellite dishes and the like, considered one who squanders trust? And is that one of the characteristics of the hypocrites? So is there any guidance regarding this? May Allah grant you success. Yes.
Answer:
Yes, anyone who does not care for his family and protect them from what Allah has forbidden has failed in his trust; there is a deficiency and negligence on his part. It is obligatory for every believer to fulfill his trust with his family and his neighbors by enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and likewise with his companions and colleagues, as Allah the Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:71] And Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: [At-Tahrim 66:6] And Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: [Taha 20:132] And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are all shepherds, and you are all responsible for your flock. The Imam is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock, and a man is a shepherd in his household and is responsible for his flock, and a woman is a shepherd in her husband's house and is responsible for her flock, and a slave is a shepherd in his master's house and is responsible for his flock." Then he said (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih al-Bukhari 5188 responsible for his flock. The believer warns his wife about the mixing of his household, the disorder in his house, and other sins. He warns her and warns his family, and he strives for their safety from her evil through wise and appropriate means, so that perhaps Allah will benefit them through his efforts. Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh! The questioner says: Among the characteristics of the hypocrites is the squandering of trust. The question is: Is the one who brings means of corruption into his home, such as satellite dishes and the like, considered one who squanders trust? And is that one of the characteristics of the hypocrites? So is there any guidance regarding this? May Allah grant you success. Yes.
Answer:
Yes, anyone who does not care for his family and protect them from what Allah has forbidden has failed in his trust; there is a deficiency and negligence on his part. It is obligatory for every believer to fulfill his trust with his family and his neighbors by enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and likewise with his companions and colleagues, as Allah the Exalted said:
The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong
وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِO you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُAnd enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein.
وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَاBeware! All of you are guardians and
ألا فكلكم راع وكلكم
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 095 هل يأثم من يدخل الدِّش والإنترنت بيته؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com (0:34)
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