The Ruling on Spreading Rumors and Spreading Fitnah
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: What is the ruling on spreading rumors and spreading fitnah? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Allah[An-Nur 24:19] Therefore, it is not permissible to spread disliked or forbidden matters if they occur among some people, because this promotes them. Also, this contradicts covering up the one who has committed a sin, for it is required to cover him, admonish him, and advise him, and not to publicize his affair to the people. Thus, it is obligatory that rumors not be spread among people. The disliked ones. And it is obligatory to cover up the one who has made a mistake while advising him; this is the way of the believers.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: What is the ruling on spreading rumors and spreading fitnah? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Allah
Indeed, those who like that immorality should be spread [or publicized] among those who have believed will have a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And Allah knows and you do not know.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَن تَشِيعَ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم إخراج الإشاعات وإشاعة الفتن - الشيخ صالح الفوزان - سلسلة الفتن والنوازل (51) — youtube.com (0:11)
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