The Ruling on Raising and Spreading the Issue of the State’s Economic Deficit

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh, and may He benefit Islam and the Muslims with your knowledge. This is your brother in Allah who wants to ask, and he says: What is the ruling on spreading rumors and causing panic regarding the issue of the deficit in the economy or the state budget, and spreading this on social media?

Answer:
This is not permissible, and it involves frightening the Muslims and weakening the Muslims. Praise be to Allah, the budget is in a good state, and praise be to Allah, there is much good in it, and we have much good, and we hope for much good from Allah. It is not permissible to spread rumors among the Muslims; this is the affair of the hypocrites or the affair of the enemies who spread rumors among the Muslims. Yes.