Dealing with Social Media Websites
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Question:
A questioner says: Your Eminence, Father Shaykh Salih (may Allah be pleased with him), we testify to Allah regarding our love for you, and he says: May Allah grant you success, this era is full of means of influence and guidance, including social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, and many people write on these platforms. What is your advice to your sons regarding dealing with these platforms?
Answer:
The advice is to distinguish between the beneficial sites that are run by scholars and from which good issues, and the bad sites, which are the majority; most sites are bad and are run by evildoers, or at least by ignorant people. An ignorant person is of no benefit, even if he has enthusiasm and religion, for ignorance is a fatal disease. So you must strive to distinguish between these sites. Whatever is beneficial, you encourage the sons of Muslims to take from it, and whatever is harmful, and it is much, you warn them against it with the utmost warning. Who are the ones who run the sites? If the ones who run them are pious scholars, then they are good sites. If it is the opposite, then they are bad sites. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
A questioner says: Your Eminence, Father Shaykh Salih (may Allah be pleased with him), we testify to Allah regarding our love for you, and he says: May Allah grant you success, this era is full of means of influence and guidance, including social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, and many people write on these platforms. What is your advice to your sons regarding dealing with these platforms?
Answer:
The advice is to distinguish between the beneficial sites that are run by scholars and from which good issues, and the bad sites, which are the majority; most sites are bad and are run by evildoers, or at least by ignorant people. An ignorant person is of no benefit, even if he has enthusiasm and religion, for ignorance is a fatal disease. So you must strive to distinguish between these sites. Whatever is beneficial, you encourage the sons of Muslims to take from it, and whatever is harmful, and it is much, you warn them against it with the utmost warning. Who are the ones who run the sites? If the ones who run them are pious scholars, then they are good sites. If it is the opposite, then they are bad sites. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
محاضرة أعضاء لجنة الدعاة الافريقية — alfawzan.live (32:26)
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