A beautiful article has been shared titled: “Understanding Television.” What is remarkable about this article is it contains an important stance which can really help the Ummah in this day and age when we are trying to sift out as to what is the truth and what is false. What is truth will always remain true that is why those who once spoke the truth, their old true verdicts still remain in the archives despite their efforts to distort it. In this article of Khalid Beig’s named Understanding Television, it has a paragraph titled: Islamic Work And Television. This portion is reproduced below with the various links to access the full article thereafter: Can this dangerous drug be somehow converted into a medicine? Not too long ago, a young professional in the U.S. approached prominent Muslim scholar and Deputy Cairman of the Jeddah based Islamic Fiqh Council of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Justice Taqi Usmani to inquire about his profession. He produced computer graphics for the television and motion picture industry. This is the age of the media, and the only effective way to spread Islam today is through television and movies, he argued. If we do not learn the trade how shall we be able to produce such programs and if we don’t who will, he inquired. Yet, some people had told him that it was not a good profession. “I have given a lot of anxious thought to this issue,” replied Justice Usmani in his characteristic measured tone, weighing every word. “And I have reached the conclusion that the cause of Islam cannot be served through television, especially under the current circumstances. You should seek another line of work.” Frankly, there are lot of enthusiasts who may be totally bewildered by this answer for it challenges both conventional wisdom as well as some dearly held dreams. They may even consider anyone making this suggestion as belonging to the Flat Earth Society: backward, anti-progress, ignorant of today’s realities. Let us grant them their day in court and look at their case objectively. https://web.archive.org/web/20051023214749/http://www.albalagh.net/general/tv.shtml https://jamiat.org.za/understanding-television/
Comment: What makes the above fatwa of Mufti Taqi interesting is, it actually corresponded with his honourable father Mufti Shafee Uthmaani Rahmatullahi alaihi. This can be found via this link: ISLAAH VIDEOS IS A DIRTY BASIN WITH DROPS OF PURE WATER – Ummati It is important to note that a cellphone is used to call people and that is the purpose it was created for but when one decides to use the cellphone to watch TV, then the ruling of hurmat still applies even though it is not the big black box, it is just now a small black box.
