Aslam

Praise be to Allah.Watching TV is very dangerous, and I advise you not to

watch it and not to sit in front of it as far as possible. But if the

viewer has the moral strength to benefit from what is good, and that

will not lead him into evil, then there is nothing to prevent him from

that, if he knows that he has that moral strength. If he can listen

to something good and benefit from it, and keep away from evil things

such as songs and objectionable dramas and other harmful things, then

there is nothing wrong with that. But usually the one thing leads to

the other, so I advise people not to bring the TV into the home and

not to watch it, because one thing leads to another, and because people

are inclined to watch weird things if they are in front of them. It

is not like listening; listening is less dangerous, but watching and

listening may be more attractive and more addictive to people.

More evil than that are videos, if they contain depraved

films and are circulated among people – we seek refuge with Allaah.

These depraved video movies are more evil, and we must beware of them.

The wise person, if he finds anything of that nature, must destroy it

or record something over it in order to remove the evil. If possible,

he should record something useful over it, so as to remove the evil

thing and so that some benefit may be gained from the tape on which

something good has been recorded.

Even more evil are satellite dishes. We must beware

of them and not install them in our homes. May Allaah keep the Muslims

safe from all evil.