Is it permissible to sell a satellite dish and television to someone who had them and then repented to Allah, if it is guaranteed that the buyer will not use them for anything permissible and will dispose of the proceeds instead of breaking them?

The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : Is it permissible for our brother the questioner, who wishes to repent, to sell that satellite dish which he bought for a large sum, and to dispose of the proceeds and benefit from them instead of breaking it? Likewise, if a person has a television, is it permissible for him to sell it as well to benefit from the proceeds, or is it obligatory for him to give it to someone who can benefit from it if it is possible to benefit from it, or to break it, as you mentioned, just as the Companion did when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) removed his ring and said: ?

The Shaykh : It is better to break it in anger for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as it is mentioned that Sulayman (peace be upon him), when the horses distracted him from the remembrance of Allah , some of the exegetes said: "He slaughtered them by the necks, and struck them on the flanks", so that his soul would not call him to them in the future. So I see that he should break it. If he sells it to someone, who guarantees that this person will use it for something permissible? He would be assisting in what is forbidden, and his repentance would be incomplete. Likewise, if he gives it to someone to benefit from it in something other than what is forbidden, who guarantees that? Then, if he breaks it as retribution against himself and in anger for Allah, that will polish his repentance, and he will keep this image in his mind, and say: Praise be to Allah who made me not stingy with myself in destroying this thing. Destruction may be better than creation. Here is the one who takes the spoils from the booty; the one who takes the spoils from the booty, the scholars said, burns his camp except for what is excluded. Why does he not put his camp in the public treasury? They say he does not put it in the public treasury because burning it is more severe and more effective. So what is recommended is that he go now, if Allah wills, and not sleep on his bed tonight until he has broken it and made it into fragments. Yes.

The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : Yes, the television. In reality, the television is lighter than the satellite dish, because the satellite dish brings scandals, and may Allah protect us from that, according to what we have heard. If a person acquires a television and is guaranteed that he will not use it except for news and useful things, there is no harm in it. But who guarantees this? The family cannot, if they turn on this television, refrain from holding onto it until it ends, with what is in it of good and evil and problems. So I advise my brothers not to acquire a television. However, the obligation to break it is a matter of consideration, because it can be used for something permissible. But one who looks at reality sees that removing it from the house may be one of the obligations. Yes.