The ruling on educational films for children?
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The questioner : Educational films for children are shown on the television screen, meaning from a video device. Is it permissible for us to bring them into the homes so that they are, meaning, for the children for the sake of education or entertainment or something like that?
The Shaykh : I believe beforehand, and even if I have not seen them, that these are like dramatic plays, meaning a purely foreign method. There is no doubt that they contain the display of ... methods they claim are educational, but they are not Islamic!
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : This is sufficient.
The questioner : But is there no concern from the aspect of them being images?
The Shaykh : Of course, there is a concern if there is no benefit that is not achieved except through images. O Allah, I glorify You and praise You, I bear witness that there is no deity but You, I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You. And what about Abu al-Harith?
The questioner : I am with you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Do you want me to let you pray with my family at home?
The questioner : No, my Shaykh, please proceed ... .
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you in health.
Editing: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy, Master of the Day of Judgment, and may prayers and peace be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers. As for what follows, this is one of the good scholarly sessions with our Shaykh, the hadith scholar, the distinguished jurist, who has not been given his due in this time and whose worth has not yet been recognized, Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani. And this good scholarly session took place on a Thursday after the Maghrib prayer on the twenty-fifth of August, four thousand four hundred and fifteen [1415 AH]. So we ask Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, to grant us beneficial knowledge, righteous deeds, calling to Allah, and patience in that. O Allah, send prayers and peace upon Muhammad.
The questioner : Ibn Hajar mentioned in al-Nukhbat that "tasa'wi" (equalizing) is broader than whether there is tadlis (concealment of a defect) or not, and that "tasa'wi" can be without tadlis, and it can be through "irsal" (omitting a link in the chain)?
The Shaykh : I do not recall an answer to this.
And upon you be peace and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : I believe beforehand, and even if I have not seen them, that these are like dramatic plays, meaning a purely foreign method. There is no doubt that they contain the display of ... methods they claim are educational, but they are not Islamic!
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : This is sufficient.
The questioner : But is there no concern from the aspect of them being images?
The Shaykh : Of course, there is a concern if there is no benefit that is not achieved except through images. O Allah, I glorify You and praise You, I bear witness that there is no deity but You, I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You. And what about Abu al-Harith?
The questioner : I am with you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Do you want me to let you pray with my family at home?
The questioner : No, my Shaykh, please proceed ... .
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you in health.
Editing: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy, Master of the Day of Judgment, and may prayers and peace be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers. As for what follows, this is one of the good scholarly sessions with our Shaykh, the hadith scholar, the distinguished jurist, who has not been given his due in this time and whose worth has not yet been recognized, Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani. And this good scholarly session took place on a Thursday after the Maghrib prayer on the twenty-fifth of August, four thousand four hundred and fifteen [1415 AH]. So we ask Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, to grant us beneficial knowledge, righteous deeds, calling to Allah, and patience in that. O Allah, send prayers and peace upon Muhammad.
The questioner : Ibn Hajar mentioned in al-Nukhbat that "tasa'wi" (equalizing) is broader than whether there is tadlis (concealment of a defect) or not, and that "tasa'wi" can be without tadlis, and it can be through "irsal" (omitting a link in the chain)?
The Shaykh : I do not recall an answer to this.
And upon you be peace and Allah's mercy and blessings.
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