Is it allowed to watch movies as shown on western channels that are not primarily indecent and where precautions are taken to skip past any occasional inappropriate scenes or music?
Watching any movie or film or picture which have indecent/inappropriate scenes or have indecent/ inappropriate parts or music used usually by the sinners, is not allowed. If you can avoid the sinful parts and only watch the parts which do not have indecent/ inappropriate scenes or sinful music, avoiding the wrong parts, then it allowed to watch the parts which are clean.
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