And anyone who says so must counter my arguments point by point to prove their point or else I am not going to listen to what sheikh jim bob bubba han said or whatever!
What I am using is common sense - logic - reasoning and most importantly my free will to decide based on all the mentioned criterion.
So enough said about how I feel, now lets move to the facts.
Introducing the TeleVision
Whats haram about a box made of plastic with a glass screen and electronic components inside?
Is it made of pork?
Or maybe it emits pork and alchol beams?
Or maybe there is a casino inside?
Incase you believe any the above 3...then lets see whats inside!
Viola - no pork , no wine and no casino!! Its all just a bunch of electronic components and stuff like plastic, metal and glass...surprised?
Well the above illustrations are ofcourse from the old style TV's nowadays we have LCD/Plasma and all sorts of thin TV's but they too are made from electronic components, metal, plastic and glass.
So whats haram here?
Can someone answer it?
Now if anyone says TV is haram will indeed be a liar for we have not found anything haram inside the TV or outside it at all! Unless TV manufacturers are secretly coating the TV's with pork sauce or something lol.
That ends the simple logical, factual reasoning that proves that TV is not haram.
a) Is it a movie called "100 Naked people dancing in the street" ?
b) Is it a lecture by Zakir Naik ?
c) Is its an educational documentary on Animals of China ?
If your answer was (A) then you are committing haram VIA the TV
If your answer was (B) then you are gaining hasanat and knowledge VIA the TV
If your answer was (C) then you are gaining knowledge VIA the TV
3 different results from the same device - wow!
In comparison
Your neighbour just gave you a swiss army knife as a present, what do you use it for?
a) You chop up your entire family and murder them in cold blood
b) You cut apples with it and eat them
c) You use it to make wood carvings of Quranic Ayahs to decorate your house
Now obiviously (A) is wrong wrong wrong! Totally haram!!!
(B) is oki doki, you get some energy and pleasure from the apple.
(C) is oki doki too, you gain hasanat for glorifying the Quran and also learn wood carving
Once again we see 3 different results from this device known as the knife (just lke we did with the TV)
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So on what criterion are we going to say TV is haram and the knife is not, or vice versa?
Will we condem the TV because it has a 100 naked people movie on it and YOU watched it?
Will you cut up your family and blame the knife too?
Maybe you will drink alchol and blame the bottle?
Where do YOU draw the line?
The device known as the Television (TV for short) is infact no less innocent or harmful than the device we call the knife or infact our very own PC (Personal Computer)!
Lets compare this time the TV with the PC
TV you can watch lewedness on it PC you can watch lewedness on it, infact its easier to!
TV you can hurt your eyes watching too much of it PC Same with the PC
TV you can listen to music on it PC same on the pc
Well the list could go on and on....so il get to my point and question....
To those people who argue TV is haram, can you please justify why the TV is haram yet the PC that you use is not?
Answer: PC You can turn your PC off but TV you cant control whats on it
BUZZZZZ - WRONG ANSWER!
They call it a REMOTE CONTROL..on it are small buttons which you use to control your TV and there is usually a somewhat bigger red button marked OFF.
So is the TV still haram?
OOHHH YES IT IS - The kuffar made it so its imitating the kuffar.
Really? Wow..then please stop wearing underwear because they made that too lol
Not to mention please let us set the example by burning your PC which contains the infidel Intel Chp made by the kuffar too!
Well I could go on with examples and reasoning - but I wont, because it is just getting repetitively boring now.
So my message to the people who are bent on declaring everything as haram is simply this:
Please use logic, reasoning and knowledge, instead of simply saying "its haram"
but the problem with "storage concept" is what about photoshop????
We can use photoshop but we must honest, and inform this is a photoshoped picture.
If we make a photoshoped picture and tell everyone this is a real picture, that is fraud.
In another case, if we take a photo of Mr.X and take another photo as background, then we combine these pictures and tell everyone this a photo of Mr.X when he is in this place, that is 'Fitnah'.
TV you can watch lewedness on it
PC you can watch lewedness on it, infact its easier to!
the essencial differnece is that in most peoples homes with a TV you can not chose what to watch- you flick through channels and might accidently see nudity in adverts and all the channels have lots of haram music. promoting kufr.
They have adverts on 4pm in the afternoor or 10 am in the morining with practically naked women in the shower or on the beach advertsing food or sun block!!
what the heck.
with the internet you choose the sites you want to go on to- there is no music unless you go to you tube even then you have to click to hear music.
So pc is the safer option,
you can block adult website and restict what adults ans children can watch.
PC is so much better than TV.
Last edited by abu_musab461; 08-10-2009 at 02:54 PM.
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hmmm and how many Muslim parents let their kids watch t.v every day for hours after school. The conditioning starts from there. It would be great if there was cheap islamic alternatives like cartoon series for children that have an islamic nature and content.
Asalamalaikum,
In my opinion i think that tv its-self aent haram, itz wat you watch on it that is: if you watch something that is beneficial, well your increasing your knowledge and we are recomended to seek knowledge.
1678. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Those who draw pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection; and it will be said to them: `Breathe soul into what you have created.'''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1678. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Those who draw pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection; and it will be said to them: `Breathe soul into what you have created.'''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
but what about all those scholars who have videos made of themselves in order to get their message across. Photographs are haraam, but videos is that a different case.?
There are many Islamic books, calendars, posters, stickers, greeting cards with cartoon pictures in my place. And ulamas in my place never forbide those stuff.
if only... if only... if only... i can get hold of the remote tv.
25:36 And the true servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk the earth with humility and when the ignorant address them, they respond with words of peace.
Salam,
Somehow without even thinking of it I am getting more and more far away from the tv and honestly it feels good. I can think by myself and not by the advertisings, talk shows and other stuff lol. Since I do not agree with all the weird things Swedish television says it feels better to just skip it. If I want to see a movie I can do it, if I want to see videos I have YouTube to choose from. I love to be able to CHOOSE what I want and don't want to see. Because even on the normal news on tv they can show things I rather had not seen. But still, I don't believe tv in itself is haram, it depends on what you make out from it.
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