The Student of Knowledge’s Benefit from Communication Tools
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Question:
This questioner says: In our time, there are many diverse and numerous means of communication, including the mobile phone, the internet, and television channels. Is it permissible for the student of knowledge, O Shaykh, to benefit from these means? And are there conditions for doing so?
Answer:
The student of knowledge seeks knowledge from the scholars; he does not seek knowledge from mobile phones or the internet. In fact, he does not seek knowledge from books alone, so how can he rely on these mobile phones and this internet, where it is unknown what is in them and who is behind them? Therefore, he should not refer to them or rely on them. If he wants to benefit, he should read in beneficial books and sit with the people of knowledge to benefit from them. Yes.
This questioner says: In our time, there are many diverse and numerous means of communication, including the mobile phone, the internet, and television channels. Is it permissible for the student of knowledge, O Shaykh, to benefit from these means? And are there conditions for doing so?
Answer:
The student of knowledge seeks knowledge from the scholars; he does not seek knowledge from mobile phones or the internet. In fact, he does not seek knowledge from books alone, so how can he rely on these mobile phones and this internet, where it is unknown what is in them and who is behind them? Therefore, he should not refer to them or rely on them. If he wants to benefit, he should read in beneficial books and sit with the people of knowledge to benefit from them. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/232 — archive.org (4:53)
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