Is it true that angels do not enter a house that has a television? And what are the details of this?
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The questioner : If you would allow me, as is said about the television, incidentally, that while it is on and the image is present, angels do not enter.
The Shaykh : There is no text regarding this, but any place where sins are committed, theoretically, does not mean that angels do not enter it by transmission. However, we do not speak of unseen matters merely based on observation and opinion. If there is a text, we state it explicitly. For what has no text, we say it is possible.
The questioner : You, my Shaykh, have just explained to the brothers regarding sins, meaning the lesser and the greater. So this is, meaning, in terms of action, worse than hanging a picture or the emergence of this image. May Allah reward you with good. But regarding the presence or absence of a text, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for the reality, my Shaykh, it is not worse. A moving image and a woman, this is like a piece of paper.
The Shaykh : No, he is asking about sins.
The questioner : Excuse me, my Shaykh.
Another questioner : He is asking about the entry of angels, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I understand, the entry of the angels in a place where there are sins.
The questioner : No, excuse me, I meant the image.
Another questioner : The image, my Shaykh.
Another questioner : While the television is on, the image is present.
The Shaykh : Ah, here it is said, according to, if it is the well-known television of today.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, this is even more so.
The questioner : ... O my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : ... sins.
The questioner : Meaning, if angels do not enter, whether due to its presence while it is operating and the image is running in it.
The Shaykh : A fortiori if it is operating.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : ... I have heard more than once that we say these moving images, meaning, are more akin to the creation of Allah than static images.
The questioner : Ah, yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : We have said this repeatedly.
The questioner : Yes, indeed, we have heard this from you. So on this basis, my Shaykh, I was, meaning.
The Shaykh : There is no harm. I did not understand the question. I understood it to be about sins.
The questioner : ... the entry of angels. That is why I told him the image is paper, meaning, the angel does not enter, and this image is moving and beautiful and apparent, meaning, this is about that.
Another questioner : ... likewise, a question regarding looking at football players. Here, perhaps you have heard from us on one of the tapes that this is not an awrah (part of the body that must be covered), because the one who looks does not focus on the awrah, but looks without focusing his gaze on the exposed thigh or the like.
The Shaykh : Here, there is this, what is called harm and benefit. If the harm is imagined, the non-imagined benefit prevails over it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But with that, it is said: deeds are by intentions.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Indeed, by Allah.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Another questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And you.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : ... upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, Shaykh Nasser.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The house of Shaykh al-Albani.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : I am a professor from Morocco, and I would like to pass through Oman. I have, like this, some issues, if Allah wills, if there is no objection.
The Shaykh : You want to come from Morocco to here.
The questioner : No, I am currently in Asia.
The Shaykh : In Asia.
The questioner : ... in Morocco. I am Moroccan.
The Shaykh : I understand, my brother. Where are you speaking from?
The questioner : From Asia, from Thailand.
The Shaykh : So you want to come to here for what?
The questioner : Some questions, like this, related to hadith and such issues.
The Shaykh : Ah, ask her by phone.
The questioner : From here.
The Shaykh : Ask by phone.
The questioner : Perhaps it is a bit long, meaning.
The Shaykh : My brother, I do not have the time or leisure to receive students of knowledge.
The questioner : Yes, she calls specifically regarding the issues of the two Sahihs, and because some books reached us in Morocco, meaning, this dialogue that is taking place regarding the hadiths of the two Sahihs and some issues of this type.
The Shaykh : You heard my answer.
The questioner : In a specific book.
The Shaykh : My Shaykh, did you understand what I told you?
The questioner : I am asking by telephone.
The Shaykh : Yes, ask by telephone. As for coming here, I do not have the leisure to receive anyone.
The questioner : Ah, my question is regarding the hadiths of the two Sahihs.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah bless you. Write your questions on a paper and look into them carefully. You may advance and delay, lengthen and shorten, so that your question is comprehensive and exclusive. But now, you are asking a vague question, saying "regarding the hadiths of the two Sahihs." So I tell you, what is the matter? Why do you force me to ask you, instead of you forcing yourself to ask me what is the matter with the hadiths of the two Sahihs?
The questioner : The hadiths of the two Sahihs, we can say that there is a weak hadith.
The Shaykh : And are "the two Sahihs" a book revealed from the sky, or is it a human composition?
The questioner : It is the latter.
The Shaykh : It is the latter. So what drives you to such a question whose answer is known to you?
The questioner : No, on the basis that, for example, in books like Alfiyyat al-Iraqi and so on, "and cut" " " " for example, "with the authenticity of what has been attributed" " " ".
The Shaykh : Ah, and there is no restriction to what has been attributed.
The questioner : I did not understand, I mean.
The Shaykh : My brother, there is no general statement that has not been specified. This statement is not absolute. And therefore I told you, write your question and reflect on it well, then present it to me on the following nights, if Allah wills, after the 'Isha' prayer every night. I have two hours with you according to our time here. And peace be upon you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
The Shaykh : There is no text regarding this, but any place where sins are committed, theoretically, does not mean that angels do not enter it by transmission. However, we do not speak of unseen matters merely based on observation and opinion. If there is a text, we state it explicitly. For what has no text, we say it is possible.
The questioner : You, my Shaykh, have just explained to the brothers regarding sins, meaning the lesser and the greater. So this is, meaning, in terms of action, worse than hanging a picture or the emergence of this image. May Allah reward you with good. But regarding the presence or absence of a text, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for the reality, my Shaykh, it is not worse. A moving image and a woman, this is like a piece of paper.
The Shaykh : No, he is asking about sins.
The questioner : Excuse me, my Shaykh.
Another questioner : He is asking about the entry of angels, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I understand, the entry of the angels in a place where there are sins.
The questioner : No, excuse me, I meant the image.
Another questioner : The image, my Shaykh.
Another questioner : While the television is on, the image is present.
The Shaykh : Ah, here it is said, according to, if it is the well-known television of today.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, this is even more so.
The questioner : ... O my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : ... sins.
The questioner : Meaning, if angels do not enter, whether due to its presence while it is operating and the image is running in it.
The Shaykh : A fortiori if it is operating.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : ... I have heard more than once that we say these moving images, meaning, are more akin to the creation of Allah than static images.
The questioner : Ah, yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : We have said this repeatedly.
The questioner : Yes, indeed, we have heard this from you. So on this basis, my Shaykh, I was, meaning.
The Shaykh : There is no harm. I did not understand the question. I understood it to be about sins.
The questioner : ... the entry of angels. That is why I told him the image is paper, meaning, the angel does not enter, and this image is moving and beautiful and apparent, meaning, this is about that.
Another questioner : ... likewise, a question regarding looking at football players. Here, perhaps you have heard from us on one of the tapes that this is not an awrah (part of the body that must be covered), because the one who looks does not focus on the awrah, but looks without focusing his gaze on the exposed thigh or the like.
The Shaykh : Here, there is this, what is called harm and benefit. If the harm is imagined, the non-imagined benefit prevails over it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But with that, it is said: deeds are by intentions.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Indeed, by Allah.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Another questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And you.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : ... upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, Shaykh Nasser.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The house of Shaykh al-Albani.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : I am a professor from Morocco, and I would like to pass through Oman. I have, like this, some issues, if Allah wills, if there is no objection.
The Shaykh : You want to come from Morocco to here.
The questioner : No, I am currently in Asia.
The Shaykh : In Asia.
The questioner : ... in Morocco. I am Moroccan.
The Shaykh : I understand, my brother. Where are you speaking from?
The questioner : From Asia, from Thailand.
The Shaykh : So you want to come to here for what?
The questioner : Some questions, like this, related to hadith and such issues.
The Shaykh : Ah, ask her by phone.
The questioner : From here.
The Shaykh : Ask by phone.
The questioner : Perhaps it is a bit long, meaning.
The Shaykh : My brother, I do not have the time or leisure to receive students of knowledge.
The questioner : Yes, she calls specifically regarding the issues of the two Sahihs, and because some books reached us in Morocco, meaning, this dialogue that is taking place regarding the hadiths of the two Sahihs and some issues of this type.
The Shaykh : You heard my answer.
The questioner : In a specific book.
The Shaykh : My Shaykh, did you understand what I told you?
The questioner : I am asking by telephone.
The Shaykh : Yes, ask by telephone. As for coming here, I do not have the leisure to receive anyone.
The questioner : Ah, my question is regarding the hadiths of the two Sahihs.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah bless you. Write your questions on a paper and look into them carefully. You may advance and delay, lengthen and shorten, so that your question is comprehensive and exclusive. But now, you are asking a vague question, saying "regarding the hadiths of the two Sahihs." So I tell you, what is the matter? Why do you force me to ask you, instead of you forcing yourself to ask me what is the matter with the hadiths of the two Sahihs?
The questioner : The hadiths of the two Sahihs, we can say that there is a weak hadith.
The Shaykh : And are "the two Sahihs" a book revealed from the sky, or is it a human composition?
The questioner : It is the latter.
The Shaykh : It is the latter. So what drives you to such a question whose answer is known to you?
The questioner : No, on the basis that, for example, in books like Alfiyyat al-Iraqi and so on, "and cut" " " " for example, "with the authenticity of what has been attributed" " " ".
The Shaykh : Ah, and there is no restriction to what has been attributed.
The questioner : I did not understand, I mean.
The Shaykh : My brother, there is no general statement that has not been specified. This statement is not absolute. And therefore I told you, write your question and reflect on it well, then present it to me on the following nights, if Allah wills, after the 'Isha' prayer every night. I have two hours with you according to our time here. And peace be upon you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
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