Is it permissible to read magazines and newspapers?
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The questioner : Your Eminence! Is it permissible to read magazines and newspapers?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is it permissible to read magazines and newspapers?
The Shaykh : Is it permissible.
The questioner : Reading magazines and newspapers
The Shaykh : If there is benefit in them, there is nothing wrong with it; if there is harm in them, it is forbidden; and if there is neither benefit nor harm, it is idle talk. These are three categories: if there is benefit, such as a magazine or newspaper that discusses useful matters, whether it presents fatwas, contains good articles, or the like, then that is good, provided it does not occupy him from what is more important.
And if there is harm in them, such as a newspaper filled with indecent, enticing images, or a newspaper or magazine known for bad ideas, then reading it is forbidden.
And if it contains neither of these, then reading it is idle talk and a waste of time.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is it permissible to read magazines and newspapers?
The Shaykh : Is it permissible.
The questioner : Reading magazines and newspapers
The Shaykh : If there is benefit in them, there is nothing wrong with it; if there is harm in them, it is forbidden; and if there is neither benefit nor harm, it is idle talk. These are three categories: if there is benefit, such as a magazine or newspaper that discusses useful matters, whether it presents fatwas, contains good articles, or the like, then that is good, provided it does not occupy him from what is more important.
And if there is harm in them, such as a newspaper filled with indecent, enticing images, or a newspaper or magazine known for bad ideas, then reading it is forbidden.
And if it contains neither of these, then reading it is idle talk and a waste of time.