Is it permissible to sell a satellite dish?

The questioner : The questioner says: "May the Shaykh please advise, I am a man with children, and I had what is called a satellite dish. Allah guided me, and I left it. Is it permissible for me to sell it to someone else?"

The Shaykh : If you sell the dish to another person, meaning, if you sell the dish to another person, what will he do with it? Yes. He will use it, he will use it for something forbidden, so you would be one of those who assisted in a forbidden matter. Good. He saidThe questioner : Let us suppose the questioner said: "So, if I give it as a gift to a person, seeking thereby the Face of Allah, what do we say to him?" We say: "It is not permissible, and it is not valid to seek the Face of Allah through something forbidden. Indeed, one does not draw near to Allah except through obedience, so it is not lawful, even if given for free. So what is to be done with it, and what should be done with it? Break it. And if you break it for the sake of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, then Allah the Exalted will replace it with something better for you. Some of the exegetes mentioned that when Sulayman (peace be upon him) inspected the horses and was distracted by them from the 'Asr prayer until the sun had set, he ordered them to be returned to him. He ordered the horses to be brought back to him and said: So he began to slaughter them and cut off their legs . "Suq" is the plural of "saq" (leg). So Allah replaced that with something better for him; Allah replaced it with the wind, which He subjected for him. Does it move slowly or quickly? Quickly, because Allah said: strong, but at the same time, it is gentle, neither swaying nor turning. They said that he would place his carpet on the ground and those of his retinue would sit around him, then he would command the wind, and it would carry the carpet with whoever was on it, heading wherever he wished. In the morning, it would travel a month's journey, and in the afternoon, a month's journey, meaning it would cover a two-month journey in one day. This was because he had cut off the legs of his horse out of zeal for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and so that it would not distract him from the obedience of Allah again. So Allah subjected the wind for him. And whoever gives up something for the sake of Allah, Allah will replace it with something better for him. So we say to this brother, whom Allah has blessed with guidance and who has left off listening to and watching the satellite dish: "Break it, and be glad of the replacement from Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes."