Is it religiously forbidden to use Facebook for the following reasons: because it represents an insult to the Islamic nation due to the lack of an Islamic alternative, its administration's complicity against Muslim issues, our financial support for its Jewish owner, and the website's foundation on spreading scandals?
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It was previously clarified that it is permissible to use Facebook for beneficial matters, and the reasons mentioned for prohibiting it are insufficient. These matters apply to many modern inventions, yet scholars have not ruled against benefiting from them. The saying "That which is built upon falsehood is false" is correct, but it has no bearing on this issue, as falsehood is a legal ruling related to the actions of the accountable individual, not to the tool itself.
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