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.
