What is the ruling on publishing content on YouTube in the future, and what is the ruling on keeping old videos, given that YouTube will place ads on videos and profit from them without the content owner's consent?

The basic principle is to prohibit contributing to the publication of any advertisement that contains an evil or calls for it, due to its role in assisting the spread of disobedience. The content creator must prevent advertisements that contain Sharia violations, even if it requires a financial subscription, or moving to another platform that does not display such advertisements.

If it is impossible to control the advertisements, and the content is beneficial and its dissemination has a preponderant interest, then there is no blame on him, and the sin falls on whoever commits the evil and spreads it. This is due to several reasons:

- Advertisements that appear in videos are widespread and difficult to avoid. - The channel owner does not have control over these advertisements. - Refraining from publishing leaves the field open for evils. - Competing with falsehood through beneficial content is one of the Sharia objectives. - If it is impossible to avoid an evil accompanying essential needs, then it is excused if it is incidental and not fundamental.

Viewers must take all possible measures to prevent advertisements from appearing.

Money earned from advertisements is mixed between lawful and unlawful. The channel owner must estimate the proportion of the unlawful and dispose of it by donating it to the poor.

It is impermissible to publish content that has no benefit other than profiting from advertisements, because it is a profit tainted with unlawful elements without a legitimate interest to justify it.