Question: O noble Sheikh there are
numerous questions surrounding one topic here is one of the questions. What is
the ruling on the person who installs a satellite dish in his home just for the
news or to listen to Al Jazeera channel?
Sheikh Fawzan: The news is obtained without a satellite dish, it can
be obtained in the newspaper, it can be obtained on the radio, and it can be
obtained on Saudi television that which is not on satellite. It is obtained
without a satellite dish.
The satellite dish
brings about evil upon him and upon others such as his children and his family.
Thus its evil is greater than its benefit, if there is any benefit. The evil
outweighs it. Thus do not install it in the home due to its pure evil or its
preponderant evil.
And
the affair is not limited to him, rather it will corrupt his family, all of
them, the young and the old, except those whom Allah has mercy upon. And he is
responsible for them. He صلى الله عليه وسلم
said: The head of household is a shepherd and he is responsible for his flock.
Who will question him? He will be questioned by Allah the Exalted on the Day of
Judgment.
Thus it is not
permissible for him to install a satellite dish in his home using the argument
of watching the news. The news is obtained by many means that do not contain
corruption.
And then, what is
the news? Most of it is fraudulent and lies, so what will he benefit from it?
He destroys his
home in order to get the news? The news, most of it is lies and most of it is
incitement and evil. So he should not destroy his home and corrupt his family
for the purpose of this false claim.
And the Al Jazeera
channel has a great deal of evil; it contains a great deal of evil and
incitement. And they bring people who fumble about in the affairs of the
religion and in issues of jurisprudence. And they make impermissible what Allah
has made permissible or they make permissible what Allah has made
impermissible, in their verdicts. Thus this is a great evil to listen to and
watch the Al Jazeera channel. Its evil is wide spread now and everything
associated with it is evil, and no one praises it.
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