Is it permissible to bring a satellite dish into the home to watch channels, while fearing the unlawful?
It is forbidden to bring satellite dishes into homes due to the great dangers they pose to religion and morals, especially with the presence of children. Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen warned against this, citing the hadith: "There is no servant whom Allah has entrusted with a flock, and he dies on the day he dies while betraying his flock, but Allah will forbid Paradise for him." He clarified that a man is a guardian over his family and responsible for his flock, and he must protect them from Hellfire. Therefore, whoever installs a satellite dish with its attendant evils is betraying his family. It is not permissible to sell it because it is aiding in sin. It is better to break it so that a person may remove what distracts him from the remembrance of Allah or causes him to fall into His disobedience.
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