The ruling on spreading mobile phone messages that accuse specific individuals
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Question:
He says: Recently, some mobile phone messages have appeared that accuse a specific person, a specific family, certain individuals, or certain girls, or that publish the phone numbers of certain young men. The question is: What is the ruling on spreading these messages and keeping them? And is there a word for the preachers of the mosques to raise this important issue on the pulpits?
Answer:
I have mentioned that it is not permissible to deal with mobile phones in such matters, and one must reject the accusations and false news that are published and sent through them, because they are talebearing, lying, incitement, and sowing enmity among Muslims. Rather, one must not pay attention to them. If it is known who is hiding behind them, he must be taken by the hand and prevented from this matter. It is not permissible to keep these things, spread them, or retain them; rather, they must be destroyed, denied, and forgotten, because they are evil, fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), lying, forgery, incitement, talebearing, and whispering. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He says: Recently, some mobile phone messages have appeared that accuse a specific person, a specific family, certain individuals, or certain girls, or that publish the phone numbers of certain young men. The question is: What is the ruling on spreading these messages and keeping them? And is there a word for the preachers of the mosques to raise this important issue on the pulpits?
Answer:
I have mentioned that it is not permissible to deal with mobile phones in such matters, and one must reject the accusations and false news that are published and sent through them, because they are talebearing, lying, incitement, and sowing enmity among Muslims. Rather, one must not pay attention to them. If it is known who is hiding behind them, he must be taken by the hand and prevented from this matter. It is not permissible to keep these things, spread them, or retain them; rather, they must be destroyed, denied, and forgotten, because they are evil, fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), lying, forgery, incitement, talebearing, and whispering. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-027-الرقية الشرعية أحكام وضوابط|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (21:16)
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