Does Islamic law prohibit the use of video-sharing platforms that may automatically display forbidden clips to viewers, and does the publisher bear a burden of sin for the transgressions of their viewers as a result of these suggestions?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
There is no objection to marketing in this manner if the advertised product is permissible in . The fact that the website suggests other advertising links does not matter, as the sin of following them rests with the browser, not with you, for Allah Almighty says: "And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another."
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