Is it permissible to enter a house that has a satellite dish?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to enter a house that has a satellite dish?
The Shaykh : How so?
The questioner : A dish, this satellite dish.
The Shaykh : Ah, of course, a television, I mean. The answer to this is well known: entering any place where there is munkar (what is wrong). If we set aside this specific question and expand it to entering a house that has a television, does that make a difference?
The questioner : No
The Shaykh : No, it does not. The only thing is that that one is a bit larger, and we have made this one smaller. The smaller one is more beneficial because it is more widespread in terms of occurrence. That one is not found except in the houses of the great among the criminals.
The questioner : Now, the small ones and the great ones, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It has become, it has become.
The questioner : In a terrible way, really.
The Shaykh : The apparent cheapness, the cheapness.
The questioner : With easy installments, and as they wish.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
Another questioner : Yes, indeed. In Syria, the rate has become forty percent in houses, coming with channels.
The Shaykh : Terrible. In any case, houses of munkar (what is wrong) in general are not permissible to enter except with advice. Otherwise, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:[Al-An'am 6:68]
The Shaykh : How so?
The questioner : A dish, this satellite dish.
The Shaykh : Ah, of course, a television, I mean. The answer to this is well known: entering any place where there is munkar (what is wrong). If we set aside this specific question and expand it to entering a house that has a television, does that make a difference?
The questioner : No
The Shaykh : No, it does not. The only thing is that that one is a bit larger, and we have made this one smaller. The smaller one is more beneficial because it is more widespread in terms of occurrence. That one is not found except in the houses of the great among the criminals.
The questioner : Now, the small ones and the great ones, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It has become, it has become.
The questioner : In a terrible way, really.
The Shaykh : The apparent cheapness, the cheapness.
The questioner : With easy installments, and as they wish.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
Another questioner : Yes, indeed. In Syria, the rate has become forty percent in houses, coming with channels.
The Shaykh : Terrible. In any case, houses of munkar (what is wrong) in general are not permissible to enter except with advice. Otherwise, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people.
فلا تقعد بعد الذكرى مع القوم الظالمين
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