The Position of University Students Toward Inciting Preachers on Social Media

Question:
Some of those who call themselves preachers exploit social media to mislead the youth, promote their deviant ideas and opinions, call for rebellion against the one in authority, sever family ties, and push them into places of conflict, among other things they call jihad. So what is your guidance to us, the sons of this university, regarding the correct position to take toward these preachers?

Answer:
Your position should be to respond to these people, clarify the danger in their speech, and make it clear to the people that this is invalid speech, that it is harmful, and that it seeks to divide the Muslims. These are preachers of misguidance. This is the first obligatory duty for teachers to direct the students and clarify this to them. It is obligatory for the preachers of the congregational mosques, and it is obligatory for the scholars in every place to clarify this. This is the time when they are needed, so that they may be a group alert to these matters, encircle them, and warn against them. If you do not find a place for this among us, it will go away, with the permission of Allah. Yes.