What is the ruling on acquiring a video player to watch beneficial programs for young children?
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The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : A man does not have a television in his house, and he has a son who is more than five years old.
The Shaykh : More than five years old?
The questioner : Older than five years old.
The Shaykh : More.
The questioner : Older, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Older than five years old?!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The speech is not coherent.
The questioner : More than five years old.
The Shaykh : More than five years old? Do you know that it reaches one hundred years? Specify it.
The questioner : Less than six years old, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So he is six years old?
The questioner : Less.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : And the mother of this child insists on her husband to buy a device, video, and television so that the child benefits from these tapes and is kept from playing in the street, knowing that the tapes are religious and some are for teaching the letters of the alphabet, and they contain moving images of animals, the people of the elephant, and so on?
The Shaykh : There is no harm. I see that he should respond to his wife for this, because as you mentioned, it keeps the child from going here and there or going to the neighbors, and tapes containing good for him are placed for him. And the fact that the images in them are moving does not harm him, because this movement is artistic movement according to how it was designed, so I do not see any harm in it.
The questioner : A man does not have a television in his house, and he has a son who is more than five years old.
The Shaykh : More than five years old?
The questioner : Older than five years old.
The Shaykh : More.
The questioner : Older, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Older than five years old?!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The speech is not coherent.
The questioner : More than five years old.
The Shaykh : More than five years old? Do you know that it reaches one hundred years? Specify it.
The questioner : Less than six years old, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So he is six years old?
The questioner : Less.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : And the mother of this child insists on her husband to buy a device, video, and television so that the child benefits from these tapes and is kept from playing in the street, knowing that the tapes are religious and some are for teaching the letters of the alphabet, and they contain moving images of animals, the people of the elephant, and so on?
The Shaykh : There is no harm. I see that he should respond to his wife for this, because as you mentioned, it keeps the child from going here and there or going to the neighbors, and tapes containing good for him are placed for him. And the fact that the images in them are moving does not harm him, because this movement is artistic movement according to how it was designed, so I do not see any harm in it.