Is it permissible to participate in the "Google Answers" website, which brings together people of different religions, where some inquire about Sharia rulings and Muslims assist them, while others mock religions and openly declare their disbelief? And is relying on the reporting service to remove evil sufficient, or is it better to abandon the site in accordance with the verse: "And He has already sent down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah being denied and ridiculed, do not sit with them until they engage in another conversation. Indeed, in that case, you would be like them. Indeed, Allah will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together"?
The ruling on subscribing to a website depends on its use and what good or evil results from it. The verse: "And when you see those who engage in [offensive] discourse concerning Our verses, then turn away from them until they enter into another conversation. And if Satan should cause you to forget, then do not remain after the recollection with the wrongdoing people," and the verse that follows it: "And those who fear Allah are not held accountable for them at all, but [their duty is] only to remind them that perhaps they will fear Allah," indicate that the prohibition and impermissibility are for those who sit with those who engage in offensive discourse concerning Allah's verses without piety, as if they share in the sin or remain silent about the evil. As for one who uses piety by enjoining good and forbidding evil, there is no blame upon him.
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