Explaining the Danger of Television
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The questioner : And are television and these things not considered among the prohibitions of Allah?
The Shaykh : They are all among the prohibitions of Allah, of course.
The questioner : They are all among the prohibitions of Allah.
The Shaykh : Television, my brother, is a very serious matter.
The questioner : We ask Allah for safety.
The Shaykh : I mean, recently some relatives visited me, and I noticed a girl who is below the age of puberty, maybe nine or ten years old. Every time I sit down and see her, she does this, as if she is playing the piano... I immediately understood that there is a television in her father and mother's house, otherwise where would this come from...
The questioner : Allahu Akbar, that is correct.
The Shaykh : I mean, if you imagine a girl living in a house like ours, bare and empty.
The questioner: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : There is nothing from these devices that could possibly come out of them.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : So my point is that television is one of the worst entertainment devices that have appeared in the modern era. Therefore, it is not permissible for a Muslim who believes in Allah and the Last Day to bring a television into his house.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I recall a superstition we used to hear in the past about our Najdi brothers when the radio entered their area, not television.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : They said it is a devil.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : It is a devil. If they mean that it does the deeds of the devil, then that is true, by Allah. But if they mean a devil is speaking, i.e., possessing it,
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : That is a clear simplicity and Bedouin-ness.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So what can be said about television?
The questioner : I ask Allah for safety. It is a trial, without doubt.
The Shaykh : Television is dangerous, very dangerous.
The questioner : We ask Allah for safety.
The Shaykh: Yes, by Allah.
The Shaykh : They are all among the prohibitions of Allah, of course.
The questioner : They are all among the prohibitions of Allah.
The Shaykh : Television, my brother, is a very serious matter.
The questioner : We ask Allah for safety.
The Shaykh : I mean, recently some relatives visited me, and I noticed a girl who is below the age of puberty, maybe nine or ten years old. Every time I sit down and see her, she does this, as if she is playing the piano... I immediately understood that there is a television in her father and mother's house, otherwise where would this come from...
The questioner : Allahu Akbar, that is correct.
The Shaykh : I mean, if you imagine a girl living in a house like ours, bare and empty.
The questioner: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : There is nothing from these devices that could possibly come out of them.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : So my point is that television is one of the worst entertainment devices that have appeared in the modern era. Therefore, it is not permissible for a Muslim who believes in Allah and the Last Day to bring a television into his house.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I recall a superstition we used to hear in the past about our Najdi brothers when the radio entered their area, not television.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : They said it is a devil.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : It is a devil. If they mean that it does the deeds of the devil, then that is true, by Allah. But if they mean a devil is speaking, i.e., possessing it,
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : That is a clear simplicity and Bedouin-ness.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So what can be said about television?
The questioner : I ask Allah for safety. It is a trial, without doubt.
The Shaykh : Television is dangerous, very dangerous.
The questioner : We ask Allah for safety.
The Shaykh: Yes, by Allah.
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