Publishing wrongs for the purpose of warning through social media
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on publishing wrongs with the intention of warning against them through social media?
Answer:
This is not permissible, and may Allah protect us from it. This is not permissible. Shaykh Ali al-Tabta'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said that a man stood up advising and preaching, saying, “I seek refuge in Allah; a woman committed fornication in such-and-such a place, and I do not know how it happened.” When the people of evil heard this, they went to her, so he had directed them to her. Therefore, it is not permissible to spread the news of a sin except from the angle of condemning it and solely for the purpose of removing it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on publishing wrongs with the intention of warning against them through social media?
Answer:
This is not permissible, and may Allah protect us from it. This is not permissible. Shaykh Ali al-Tabta'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said that a man stood up advising and preaching, saying, “I seek refuge in Allah; a woman committed fornication in such-and-such a place, and I do not know how it happened.” When the people of evil heard this, they went to her, so he had directed them to her. Therefore, it is not permissible to spread the news of a sin except from the angle of condemning it and solely for the purpose of removing it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
فتح المجيد شرح كتاب التوحيد-08-03-1441هـ — alfawzan.live (1:10:36)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.