How to get rid of a satellite dish?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, a person passed away and he had a satellite dish.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : A satellite dish.
The Shaykh : What comes after the word "dish"?
The questioner : Receiver.
The Shaykh : Receiver.
The questioner : A receiver device with the dish. What is the ruling on selling it, O Shaykh, and placing it in a mosque garden or a street is not better than smashing it.
The Shaykh : Who would he sell it to?
The questioner : To any person who uses it. It is sold in the market, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, to whom would he sell it?
The questioner : To what kind of person, I mean?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is available in the market, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Even if it were found in the market.
The questioner : I mean, the one who buys it from this person or from any other person.
The Shaykh : That is not our concern.
The questioner : Do you not see, O Shaykh, that smashing it involves wasting money?
The Shaykh : No, there is no wasting of money, because it is forbidden. If he sells it to a person and he uses it for what is forbidden, then this seller has assisted him in it, is that not so? Answer.
The questioner : Well, what if he sells it to a disbeliever, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Listen, man, do not deviate. Do not try to deviate. If he sells it to someone and he uses it for what is forbidden, is he assisting him or not?
The questioner : Yes, he is assisting him.
The Shaykh : Well, is cooperation in sin forbidden in your religion or permissible?
The questioner : Forbidden.
The Shaykh : Say it plainly, man.
The questioner : It is forbidden. Do you see, O Shaykh, that smashing it is...
The Shaykh : I see that smashing it is correct. Yes, unless a person is found whom I know to be a pious man, one who fears evil just as I do, and who will benefit from it by showing permissible films. In that case, we might say there is no harm, and destroying money for the sake of benefit is permissible. Is not the one who withholds from the war spoils in jihad considered a wrongdoer? Did he not burn his tent? Did he not burn his car? Did not Sulayman (peace be upon him), when the horses were presented to him until the sun set, have them returned to him, and then he slaughtered them and killed them? That is destruction, but for the sake of benefit. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : A satellite dish.
The Shaykh : What comes after the word "dish"?
The questioner : Receiver.
The Shaykh : Receiver.
The questioner : A receiver device with the dish. What is the ruling on selling it, O Shaykh, and placing it in a mosque garden or a street is not better than smashing it.
The Shaykh : Who would he sell it to?
The questioner : To any person who uses it. It is sold in the market, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, to whom would he sell it?
The questioner : To what kind of person, I mean?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : It is available in the market, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Even if it were found in the market.
The questioner : I mean, the one who buys it from this person or from any other person.
The Shaykh : That is not our concern.
The questioner : Do you not see, O Shaykh, that smashing it involves wasting money?
The Shaykh : No, there is no wasting of money, because it is forbidden. If he sells it to a person and he uses it for what is forbidden, then this seller has assisted him in it, is that not so? Answer.
The questioner : Well, what if he sells it to a disbeliever, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Listen, man, do not deviate. Do not try to deviate. If he sells it to someone and he uses it for what is forbidden, is he assisting him or not?
The questioner : Yes, he is assisting him.
The Shaykh : Well, is cooperation in sin forbidden in your religion or permissible?
The questioner : Forbidden.
The Shaykh : Say it plainly, man.
The questioner : It is forbidden. Do you see, O Shaykh, that smashing it is...
The Shaykh : I see that smashing it is correct. Yes, unless a person is found whom I know to be a pious man, one who fears evil just as I do, and who will benefit from it by showing permissible films. In that case, we might say there is no harm, and destroying money for the sake of benefit is permissible. Is not the one who withholds from the war spoils in jihad considered a wrongdoer? Did he not burn his tent? Did he not burn his car? Did not Sulayman (peace be upon him), when the horses were presented to him until the sun set, have them returned to him, and then he slaughtered them and killed them? That is destruction, but for the sake of benefit. Yes.