Is it permissible for me to watch the news and television to vent my frustration over what we see happening to the Zionists?
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The questioner : The other matter, our professor, is...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : He asks about this current period—and he naturally does not own a television and does not believe in it—but at this time, for the sake of venting frustration, he says: Is it permissible to look at the news regarding the destruction in Israel, which he sees, and their weeping, just as he saw the Muslims weeping over the actions of the Jews? Is it permissible for him to look at these images only in the news regarding the destruction that befalls them, or not?
The Shaykh : I say, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : Yes, I have no objection to looking at what is permissible to look at on television, but on the condition that this does not become a means of bringing the television into the house. I think this is sufficient for you as an answer.
The questioner : We are asking about looking at these matters only.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So you have received a sufficient and adequate answer.
The questioner : Yes, yes, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : He asks about this current period—and he naturally does not own a television and does not believe in it—but at this time, for the sake of venting frustration, he says: Is it permissible to look at the news regarding the destruction in Israel, which he sees, and their weeping, just as he saw the Muslims weeping over the actions of the Jews? Is it permissible for him to look at these images only in the news regarding the destruction that befalls them, or not?
The Shaykh : I say, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : Yes, I have no objection to looking at what is permissible to look at on television, but on the condition that this does not become a means of bringing the television into the house. I think this is sufficient for you as an answer.
The questioner : We are asking about looking at these matters only.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So you have received a sufficient and adequate answer.
The questioner : Yes, yes, may Allah bless you.
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