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Does watching porn fuel sex trafficking?

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Does consuming pornography create demand for sex trafficking?

QuestionLive chat · questioner not identifiedAnswered 19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu LaythSegment 33 of 35 in the recording2020-04-19b-S33

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Mufti Abu Layth says saying pornography is not categorically haram is not condoning abuses in the industry and does not in itself aid the market; the guest says people should be told its harms and follow the majority who forbid it.

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Mufti Abu Layth says he does not see how guilt-tripping helps, and the guest adds that the Prophet declined monitor lizard because it was not eaten in his land but the Companions ate it, so cultural dislike is not prohibition; Mufti then reads a question from the chat. He says men will always be drawn to sex and pornography, that nobody condones the atrocities in the industry or says pornography is good, and that he personally thinks smoking is not good and that people should give it up but would not guilt-trip a smoker. The guest says sugar, refined carbohydrates and vegetable oils are more harmful than many things scholars call haram, yet no one calls sugar haram, and mentions medicinal cannabis. Mufti compares buying a burger to supporting battery farming, saying he is part of that market but it will not disappear because he gives up burgers, and that he does not see the logic connecting a fatwa that something is not haram with aiding the market. The guest says that when asked about pornography he explains its detrimental effects, such as addiction, rather than giving false hopes that it is haram, and that an ordinary person should act on the majority of scholars and not watch it, since at most it is a minor sin.

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Does the consumption of pornography lead to and create a demand for sex trafficking, and does it assist it in this way?

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whatever they want to or the person himself he can cut his own finger you cannot stop it a person can do suicide as well like so we we cannot stop someone from being whatever they want to do they can do whatever they people just make fine excuses right now and I feel because it's so these things are ubiquitous I don't see how guilt-tripping makes the matter any better because people are gonna be doing something anyway and what you're trying to do is just make them feel more and more guilty which is adding to depression I feel I don't know I mean these are just some thoughts I

2:45:32

have that I don't I'm not fond of this whole thing of trying to you know make people always feel bad about themselves she went up at the time of the prophets when they went that there was a lizard was monitor lizard was presented to the prophet and he said I don't eat it because it's not eaten in my area but if you want to eat it you can eat it so the Sahaba ate that lizard so the point is that some things some stuff is culturally or people don't don't like it are not used to of it so they just kind

2:46:12

of avoid it right but like yes somebody's asked the question here that look the consumption of con Agra fee leads creates a demand for sex trafficking and does it assist it in this way you see I think that the issue here is that you know as you know you know reality human beings men specifically will always be drawn to sex and especially pornography the highest consumption is my men now that is going to happen regardless now I that's not to say that let's say it's a condone man I'm sure even these industries don't

2:46:51

condone the kind of let's say atrocities that are going on but what we're just speaking about here we're not trying to say well you know this is that's okay well that even this is good we're not saying that but what we're saying is that this is so widespread if most people are all doing this they're all you know most men - are viewing pornography whether it's a little or a lot now the question is okay they're doing it in secret this is presented to Islamic scholars that is this categorically Haram now I think everybody agrees we will agree I agree

2:47:31

you agree we all agree that this is not it's not a good thing nobody's saying it's a good thing just as I think personally smoking is not a good thing I don't smoke or not I mean even if your view chef is different on that but my point is there's many things which are not good they're unhealthy but everybody's doing them is it is the way of is the response that we should kill trip them even if we don't let's say if we guilt trip them at least that way even though they're gonna do it but they're still gonna feel bad but my point is that like you've highlighted that not all all amount of consider

2:48:11

these things Haram and if that be the case let's say you don't believe it to be Haram even though you don't consider it to be a good thing then why should you guilt trip people over it because you don't believe it to be Haram so I mean I don't believe smoking to be Haram but at all I think it's a good thing I think personally all people should give up smoking but that said you know if somebody smokes I'm not gonna kill trip him I'm you know if you ask my opinion I'm gonna say I think it's not a good thing I think you should give up smoking but that's I mean that's what we're

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saying sugar sugar and carbohydrate these are the things like not good it's not good for you and scholars they discussed smoking as Iram but sugar is more harmful than aggressive and refined carbohydrate vegetable was a lot of things you're eating which are more detrimental to you have

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which is deaf which is eventually killing you guys right you are having cancer because of your diabetes and all other major chronic diseases because of that kidney failure when all this is like fatty liver whatever it is so if you go by this way so can we say sugar eating sugar is Haram can we say that despite the fact it has tantrum detrimental effects on the on your body what about weed some states beet is beneficial for some health remedies we else marijuana yeah we don't carry cannabis and if scholars have said halal as well

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scholars have also said salon so so if it's if it's benefiting your body so you can it not I think these things are not Islamic like if someone were to ask me this is somebody saying like the question here if I sugar or fatty foods I'm not supporting a market I disagree by eating junk food we are supported look at battery chickens look at the way chicken and meat has been treated that's only existing the way they have these battery farms the way they have these cow farms these battery chickens all these things are these animals thus limit of cruelty that goes on it's only

2:50:41

happening because there's a market for it every time let's not lie to ourselves I look I love eating burgers as well I love the taste of these kind of things but I'm not gonna lie that when I am buying a burger I - I'm contributing I'm a part of that market but let's face it the market is gonna stay there it's not going to kind of disappear just because I give up on burgers because the human instinct for meat is too powerful until we don't come up with a replica until I know they're working on kind of synthetic meat but until we don't come up with that we're kind of stuck so I

2:51:21

don't think by saying that if the person question is the question was that any fatwa for saying it's not Haram would be kind of aiding the market I don't feel that that a logic kind of connect I don't know you you if if you understood that see if someone were to ask me about pornography I don't say it's a climacus discussion aside I just tell him what are the detrimental in side effects of pornography the addiction addiction thing and how it's gonna impact your mind and your health and you get like these things similar

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and same goes for the sugar carbohydrates while they bellow else like these like if some if if I have knowledge of something I'm not straight away saying that or you have cooked into the vegetable wise now it's Haram for you it causes cancer so now it's Haram to eat in vegetable oil so nobody says that none of the scholar says that same goes for the things like pornography and things like that you can you can tell them you can discourage them that what tell them what it is in actual rather than telling them and giving them food for false hopes of false that this is Haram and this is you are committing a sin this and that it's a difference

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looking in something something which is virtual and something much is real you are something which Israel there's a difference that's what the scholars I said and this is not what my pathway or and of course if you if I'm if you're not satisfied good for that but one you have the other scholars as well who failed it is harm then follow that foot that's the majority of you don't have to follow it that minority opinion or what about those scholars who have deferred it you buy don't you for the majority of this for us but but again the prohibition remains on me it is not to pay the prohibition beam on the one name means something conjecture yeah it's not

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conclusive kata is conclusive establish Quran or something established principles of Islamic perspective we are discussing it totally from a fixed perspective however it for a common man or for people if he just can act on the majority for the majority of the scholars he should not watch it I'm a dick novel Josiah and now there is another thing is watching pornography media - no - if it's a minor sin since

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there is no evidence on major sin if watching pornography is - and then you can have a voodoo and then just wash it straight away like watching porn even with a person can Bank off and go and

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