A Warning Against Social Media Networks
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Question:
Regarding social media networks and what they contain, Honorable Shaykh, of mixing and weakness?
Answer:
It is a great danger. There is a great danger in them; may Allah protect us from their evil. So the Muslim should not look at them. He should only look at useful things. As for things that contain evil, fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), forbidden speech, or incorrect fatwas (scholarly legal rulings), he should not look at them or listen to them, in order to protect and safeguard his religion and his creed. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Regarding social media networks and what they contain, Honorable Shaykh, of mixing and weakness?
Answer:
It is a great danger. There is a great danger in them; may Allah protect us from their evil. So the Muslim should not look at them. He should only look at useful things. As for things that contain evil, fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), forbidden speech, or incorrect fatwas (scholarly legal rulings), he should not look at them or listen to them, in order to protect and safeguard his religion and his creed. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 14 / فتاوى على الهواء - 25 05 1438هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (33:51)
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