The effects of television

Most people think that television is haram only because it projects images of living creatures. Today, tables in living rooms and bedroom walls are adorned and decorated with family pictures and other portraits. It is difficult to comprehend how the Mercy of Allah Ta’alaa is going to descend.

Any home that has images displayed is not visited by angels. The Holy Prophet of Allah (S.A.W.) has informed us that any home which contains pictures of living creatures  is not visited by angels. However, do you think television is only haram because it projects images? There are many reasons for the ‘TV.’ being haram. Everybody who studies its influences finds new dangers. Televsion is an instrument of violating the injunction of hijaab. We all know that a non-mahram man cannot look at a non-mahram woman. The Prophet (S.A.W) has said “verily, the gaze is a poisonous arrow from the arrows of satan”.

After having seen one woman you turn to another and then another and are not satisfied and so you move onto magazines. But, the lust in your heart remains unfulfilled. The truth is always bitter and hard, but one does not need to conduct a survey to find out what people think when they are spending hours, watching women and men who are not properly dressed on the tv set. The viewing of films that inflame sexual desires is definitely questionable. It is reported on the authority of Hasan Basri (R.A) that the Apostle of Allah (S.A.W.) is to have said “the curse of Allah is on the who sees and on the one who is seen”. When a man looks at a non-mahram woman, then Allah’s curse descends on that individual for as long as he keeps on looking. We are glued to the television for 2 to 3 hours, some even more, at a time.

Be cautioned, during all this time, Allah’s curse is befalling us.

There is no doubt that society at large influences children, but without any hesitation; the effects the television has are far greater. It is the television that take our children on the path of drugs, alcohol, fornication, disrespect, confrontation, modernism and many other evils that are apparent in our society today. Know that these evils are a direct result of watching and learning from the television.

Infact, television is being used to disseminate evil within the community. You may think that you are passing time and entertaining yourself when you are passing several hours in front of the T.V. and you forget your prayers. Rather than using the TV in useful programs, mostly is used for evil! Whatever you watch on television you accept as the truth. The television is not an instrument of entertainment, but an instrument used to reshape and motivate ones thoughts and loyalties.