12-03-2003, 04:00 PM
Bismillah
As salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu
Do you want to know how our ummah can take a major step in waking up? Rid ourselves of this stranger! The amount of free time that one gets from eliminating televion is amazing. Some may argue that they recieve the news and other information from this tainting box. Go to the library. It is free here and they have all kinds of books and free newspapers and magazines to catch up on current events. Time how long the television is on a day in your house. It should frighten you.
The majority of haram temptations and sins flow from this device. Everything has music to it. Every show and commercial exudes sexuality. It mocks religion. It encourages the mindless pursuit of sports and celebrities. These have become the new idols. I get sick hearing my brothers discuss this football team or this basketball player. "But brother, sports help us train for jihad." Yeah? How much activity did you get watching someone else exercise? I have never heard of anyone benefitting from others' exercise. Which jihad were you going to participate in anyway? The pious ones are the ones who go forth. Do you think they got pious by memorizing all of this year's baseball stats?
I personally have cut my watching WAY down with the intention of eliminating it. Try to only watch programs that you want and turn of the TV when they are over. Whittle this time down gradually. Know that you are doing this for Allah for He said, "I have not created jinn and mankind except that they should worship me."
Also remember that the people in television shows and in movies are adults playing children's game. They are playing greater versions of dress-up and house. These events and troubles are not really happening to them, yet they play. Are not our own worries great enough that we do not need some people pretending some for us?
When I went for Umrah, I went to the top of a roof and saw a sea of satellite dishes pumping unIslamic ideals into the minds of hundreds of thousands of muslim minds. Save yourselves and your families. What good is it to raise your children with certain values to have them all undone hours a day by the babysitter box?
May Allah free us from the grip of Shaytan' influence. May we become free thinking once again. May we worship Allah as we are made to worship. Allah Forgive me. Allah Save me from the Hellfire. Astaghfirullah. Alhamdulillah
As salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu