Ruling on Reading Magazines and Newspapers
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Your Eminence! Is it permissible to read magazines and newspapers?
If there is benefit in it, there is nothing wrong with it; if there is harm in it, it is forbidden; and if there is neither benefit nor harm, it is idle talk.These are three categories: If there is benefit in it,For example: that this magazine or newspaper discusses useful matters, such as presenting fatwas, or good articles, or the like, then that is good, provided it does not occupy him from what is more important.
And if there is harm in it,For example: that this newspaper is filled with indecent, enticing images, or that this newspaper or magazine is known for bad ideas, then reading it is forbidden.
And if it contains neither of these, then reading it is idle talk and a waste of time.
If there is benefit in it, there is nothing wrong with it; if there is harm in it, it is forbidden; and if there is neither benefit nor harm, it is idle talk.These are three categories: If there is benefit in it,For example: that this magazine or newspaper discusses useful matters, such as presenting fatwas, or good articles, or the like, then that is good, provided it does not occupy him from what is more important.
And if there is harm in it,For example: that this newspaper is filled with indecent, enticing images, or that this newspaper or magazine is known for bad ideas, then reading it is forbidden.
And if it contains neither of these, then reading it is idle talk and a waste of time.