Is it permissible to work as a newspaper distributor?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Hello, peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : How are you?The Shaykh ؟
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. A question, if you please.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : A man works as a newspaper distributor; what is the ruling of the religion in this?
The Shaykh : It depends on the newspapers. If they publish open sinfulness and lewdness, and advertise parties and red nights, then the printer, the publisher, and the distributor are all [involved].
The questioner : The same ruling.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, you know that most newspapers nowadays do not contain those Islamic ideas, but rather contain much corruption, which none knows except Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh : My knowledge is like your knowledge, and I am sorry as you are sorry, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : May Allah honor you. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : Read the newspaper. Read the newspaper.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest[Ar-Rum 30:41].
The Shaykh : Have you ever read any of the letters and books of Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, or other scholars?
The questioner : I mean, the collected fatwas.
The Shaykh : Did you have the fatwas?
The questioner: In the mosque.
The Shaykh : Do you have a private library in the mosque?
The questioner : Here?
The Shaykh : Or there.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There?
The questioner : There and here.
The Shaykh : Did you bring it with you?
The questioner : Definitely.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, what books of tafsir do you have here?
The questioner : I have books of tafsir now: al-Sabuni's "Safwat al-Tafasir" and Ibn al-Qayyim's.
The questioner : Hello, peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : How are you?The Shaykh ؟
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. A question, if you please.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : A man works as a newspaper distributor; what is the ruling of the religion in this?
The Shaykh : It depends on the newspapers. If they publish open sinfulness and lewdness, and advertise parties and red nights, then the printer, the publisher, and the distributor are all [involved].
The questioner : The same ruling.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, you know that most newspapers nowadays do not contain those Islamic ideas, but rather contain much corruption, which none knows except Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh : My knowledge is like your knowledge, and I am sorry as you are sorry, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : May Allah honor you. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : Read the newspaper. Read the newspaper.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest
Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned
ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِThe Shaykh : Have you ever read any of the letters and books of Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, or other scholars?
The questioner : I mean, the collected fatwas.
The Shaykh : Did you have the fatwas?
The questioner: In the mosque.
The Shaykh : Do you have a private library in the mosque?
The questioner : Here?
The Shaykh : Or there.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : There?
The questioner : There and here.
The Shaykh : Did you bring it with you?
The questioner : Definitely.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, what books of tafsir do you have here?
The questioner : I have books of tafsir now: al-Sabuni's "Safwat al-Tafasir" and Ibn al-Qayyim's.
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