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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A word on the tweets of the people of falsehood and desires

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, in fact, I have a question before me. The brother questioner says: I am asking the Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) that we seek guidance from his direction. This topic is about the importance of the word and its writing in the life of the Muslim. Honorable Shaykh Salih says: In our present time, the means of communication for the young and the old have multiplied—computers, the internet, and other means. People have become involved in them with both the worthless and the valuable, and we have come to hear about writing tweets. I ask our Honorable Shaykh, the scholar Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, that we seek guidance from him regarding this topic.

Answer:
It is not far from us the verse that passed: “Do what you will.” This is a threat. These are the ones who tweet with atheism and disbelief, and who insult the people of knowledge, the people of good, and the believers, and who belittle them. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is aware of their deeds, and His recording angels count them for them. They will be brought to account for them on the Day of Resurrection. So these tweets and these statements do not go to waste, nor do they fly away into the air; they are preserved and recorded, and they will be held accountable for them on the Day of Resurrection. Especially if they are atheism against the verses of Allah, for that is more severe, or if they are oppression of the servants and false accusations against them and belittling the people of faith. For Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:
(34) So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers, (35) On adorned couches, observing. (36) Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ يَنظُرُونَ هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
[Al-Mutaffifin 83:34-36]
? So Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is not neglectful of these people. The Muslim should fear Allah and not speak, write, or read except what is good for him in his religion and his worldly life. There is no doubt that these new and varied means are a trial and a test. The Muslim looks at his position before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and does not follow these trials and these means, lest he destroy himself and involve himself in harm as long as he is alive. He must choose for himself the right path. The path of salvation. The path of safety. The path of Paradise. For he will not remain in this life. His days are few. His steps are counted. His breaths are counted.
So he must remember this and not write, read, or listen except to what will please him on the Day of Resurrection, from the good, and from the Qur'anic verses, the Prophetic hadiths, and the beneficial admonitions.
And he must read the beneficial books and the beneficial statements, and not read whatever comes to mind, and then be affected by it. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1331 - كلمة حول ما يحصل من تغريدات لأهل الباطل والأهواء - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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