Marriage websites on the internet and the display of information and images
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The questioner:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are marriage websites in the official literature.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says there are marriage websites.
The Shaykh:
Websites.
The questioner:
Yes. Marriage websites on the internet where a person posts his personal information, and the woman does the same, to facilitate finding a suitable life partner. What is the Shari'ah's view on this method?
The Shaykh:
This is not one of the ways of Islam; this may lead to evil. These pieces of information lead to immorality and evil, and the guardians of women are bypassed in this manner. This is not one of the ways of Islam. The ways of Islam are that if you desire a woman, you propose to her from her guardian and her family. It is not through the internet, nor do you go to the streets and hunt for women, looking at what is not permissible. This is forbidden. These websites are like the one who goes to the streets, like the one who goes to the streets,
The questioner:
looking at women.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I remember.
The Shaykh:
It may be displayed. That her picture is displayed on the network, yes.
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are marriage websites in the official literature.
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says there are marriage websites.
The Shaykh:
Websites.
The questioner:
Yes. Marriage websites on the internet where a person posts his personal information, and the woman does the same, to facilitate finding a suitable life partner. What is the Shari'ah's view on this method?
The Shaykh:
This is not one of the ways of Islam; this may lead to evil. These pieces of information lead to immorality and evil, and the guardians of women are bypassed in this manner. This is not one of the ways of Islam. The ways of Islam are that if you desire a woman, you propose to her from her guardian and her family. It is not through the internet, nor do you go to the streets and hunt for women, looking at what is not permissible. This is forbidden. These websites are like the one who goes to the streets, like the one who goes to the streets,
The questioner:
looking at women.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I remember.
The Shaykh:
It may be displayed. That her picture is displayed on the network, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/115 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (41:35)
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