What is the ruling on sending a mobile phone message that contains a prescribed remembrance and says: “Send it to ten people and you will receive reward”?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you have warned against some mobile phone messages. Does this include the one who sends a message containing the phrase “There is no god but Allah,” or “Glory be to Allah and praise Him,” or “Glory be to Allah the Great,” and says: “Send it to ten people and you will receive reward”?
Answer:
Yes, it falls under bid'ah (religious innovation). Specifically, specifying ten people is a bid'ah. This specification is a bid'ah. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you have warned against some mobile phone messages. Does this include the one who sends a message containing the phrase “There is no god but Allah,” or “Glory be to Allah and praise Him,” or “Glory be to Allah the Great,” and says: “Send it to ten people and you will receive reward”?
Answer:
Yes, it falls under bid'ah (religious innovation). Specifically, specifying ten people is a bid'ah. This specification is a bid'ah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [836 -1024] ما حكم من أرسل رسالة جوال وفيها ذكر مشروع، وقال: أرسلها إلى عشرة أشخاص ولك الأجر؟ — youtube.com
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