What is the ruling on using backgrounds with designs such as red hearts for writing Islamic topics, and is that considered a belittling of Islam, or placing Quranic verses on such backgrounds?
Red heart emojis express love and can be permissible or forbidden. They should not be used to express love for Allah, His angels, His prophets, and His messengers, because they are often used for romantic love between a man and a woman or similar contexts. Using them in sacred contexts is considered a form of degradation and a violation of the appropriate decorum of magnification and reverence due to Allah and His Messenger. The Permanent Committee for Issuing Fatwas has also affirmed the impermissibility of using these symbols to express love for the Prophet, peace be upon him, due to the resemblance to people of immorality and the mixing of love for the Prophet with love for created beings.
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