Guarding Against the Evil of Mobile Phones and the Internet
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the Shari'ah way to guard against the evil of mobile phones and the internet, given that most sites are not free from images of women, and also that mobile phone applications come with advertisements containing forbidden images? What is the way to be saved from this evil in a time when these matters have become so widespread?
Answer:
That you do not look at them. You use the phone only for your need, and you do not look at the evils and harms displayed in it. Your need is only making a call and answering a call. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the Shari'ah way to guard against the evil of mobile phones and the internet, given that most sites are not free from images of women, and also that mobile phone applications come with advertisements containing forbidden images? What is the way to be saved from this evil in a time when these matters have become so widespread?
Answer:
That you do not look at them. You use the phone only for your need, and you do not look at the evils and harms displayed in it. Your need is only making a call and answering a call. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في ميراث الجدة والجد — islamhouse.com (1:01:44)
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