Is turning on the television and the appearance of images in it a barrier to the angels entering the house?
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The questioner : If you would allow me, as it is said about the television, that while it is on and there is an image in it, the angels do not enter?
The Shaykh : There is no text regarding this. However, theoretically, any place where there are sins does not necessarily mean, based on transmission, that the angels do not enter it. But we do not speak of unseen matters based merely on observation and opinion. We state what has a text, and for what has no text, we say it is possible.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh ... now, as you have just detailed regarding the brothers, concerning sins, meaning the lesser and the greater, these are not, in terms of the act, worse than hanging an image or the appearance of an image. May Allah reward you with good, but the fact that there is no text, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : But in reality, O our Shaykh, is not a moving image, and a woman, like a piece of paper?
The Shaykh : No, he is asking about sins.
The questioner : Excuse me, he is asking about the entry of the angels, O our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I understand, the entry of the angels in a place where there are sins.
The questioner : No, excuse me, I meant the image.
Another questioner : The image, that is the intention.
The questioner : While the television is on, the image is present.
The Shaykh : Ah, wait, it is said that according to, if it is the well-known television today.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is even more so.
The questioner : ... O my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I understood it as sins.
The questioner : Meaning, if the angels do not enter whether there is a working image in it while it is operating.
The Shaykh : A fortiori if it is operating.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I have heard more than once us saying that these moving images are, in terms of resembling the creation of Allah, more so than static images. We have said this repeatedly.
The questioner : Yes, yes, yes, we have heard you. So on this basis, O my Shaykh, I said.
The Shaykh : I did not understand the question. I understood it as being about sins.
The questioner : And he is saying the entry of the angels, which is why I told him, an image on paper, meaning the angel does not enter, and this is a moving and beautiful image, and it is clear, meaning this is about that.
The Shaykh : There is no text regarding this. However, theoretically, any place where there are sins does not necessarily mean, based on transmission, that the angels do not enter it. But we do not speak of unseen matters based merely on observation and opinion. We state what has a text, and for what has no text, we say it is possible.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh ... now, as you have just detailed regarding the brothers, concerning sins, meaning the lesser and the greater, these are not, in terms of the act, worse than hanging an image or the appearance of an image. May Allah reward you with good, but the fact that there is no text, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : But in reality, O our Shaykh, is not a moving image, and a woman, like a piece of paper?
The Shaykh : No, he is asking about sins.
The questioner : Excuse me, he is asking about the entry of the angels, O our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I understand, the entry of the angels in a place where there are sins.
The questioner : No, excuse me, I meant the image.
Another questioner : The image, that is the intention.
The questioner : While the television is on, the image is present.
The Shaykh : Ah, wait, it is said that according to, if it is the well-known television today.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is even more so.
The questioner : ... O my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I understood it as sins.
The questioner : Meaning, if the angels do not enter whether there is a working image in it while it is operating.
The Shaykh : A fortiori if it is operating.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I have heard more than once us saying that these moving images are, in terms of resembling the creation of Allah, more so than static images. We have said this repeatedly.
The questioner : Yes, yes, yes, we have heard you. So on this basis, O my Shaykh, I said.
The Shaykh : I did not understand the question. I understood it as being about sins.
The questioner : And he is saying the entry of the angels, which is why I told him, an image on paper, meaning the angel does not enter, and this is a moving and beautiful image, and it is clear, meaning this is about that.
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