Reading the Magazine “Aastana” (“The Threshold”)

Question

Question: Is it permissible to read the magazine “Aastana” or not?

Answer

In “Aastana” and similar publications one finds statements both correct and incorrect — not everything in them is [reliable] knowledge, nor is everything trustworthy; such is the state of most such magazines. People of limited learning are often unable to distinguish the correct from the incorrect, so such people need to exercise great caution in reading newspapers and…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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