Social Media and Privacy
351 questions
Is it permissible to work as a virtual women's hairdresser and post pictures of hairstyles on Instagram to attract customers?
Is one who uses social media applications – such as Facebook, Imo, WhatsApp, Skype, any messaging app, or any media app [such as] mp3 or mp4 – in a manner that is impermissible, sinful? And is earning profit through them permissible?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a fiancée's insistence on adding non-mahram men on Facebook, despite her fiancé's refusal and his presentation of fatwas that prohibit such actions, and is the fiancé entitled to annul the engagement because of this?
Are not the questions sent by petitioners to scholars and disseminated through social media considered ongoing charities for which the petitioners are rewarded?
What is the Sharīʿah ruling concerning a wife who repeatedly commits marital infidelity via social media, then stipulates an independent residence far from her husband's family after her infidelity is discovered? And does she have the right to refuse to travel with her husband to his country? And is the husband obligated to provide her with an independent residence in her home country?
Is it permissible for me to keep the phone numbers of my female university colleagues on my phone, which allows me to see their statuses that may include their pictures, knowing that I try to lower my gaze, and this is for the necessity of communication related to university work? Is that considered forbidden? And is there any advice for girls who publish their pictures?
Is it permissible to sell photographs taken from public pages on social media websites?
Is it permissible to marry a young man whom a girl met online and who proposed to her, given that her father has agreed to consult you?
Is constantly checking who is online and offline on social media platforms considered espionage?
Is network marketing, which requires paying a sum of money for a product, introducing two people upon registration, and promoting goods via social media for a fixed amount from which the price of the commodity is deducted, permissible (halal), even if the commodity is of good quality and beneficial? And does the ruling differ if the profit is limited to the effort of promotion without bringing in additional people to increase the profit?
Is it permissible for an employee to use the institution's internet for personal purposes in exchange for a fee, knowing that this use may include browsing social media websites?
Is it permissible for a suitor to add his fiancée on Facebook so that he may see what she posts, and vice versa, for the purpose of understanding the other's thoughts, knowing that they will not communicate through it?
Is it permissible to use a social media site invented by a Jew with the aim of learning and spreading what draws one closer to Allah and to know the news, while fearing that they may fund the killing of Muslims, and does the ruling of boycotting purchases from countries that use their money to kill Muslims apply to it?
What is the ruling on publishing the question "I performed tayammum with water, with water, with water" – which is considered a prank – on social media? And does that fall within the scope of ridiculing religion?
Is a male student who studies at a mixed-gender university sinful if he answers academic questions posed by female students in social media groups dedicated to their major, or if he offers them advice regarding the best university specializations, doing so out of a desire to cooperate in studying within a mixed-gender environment which some scholars consider forbidden?
Is it permissible to publish a daily Quranic portion consisting of 5 pages in groups via social media to remind people and encourage them to read the Quran?
What is the ruling on short notification tones on social media platforms, and are they considered forbidden music? What is the difference between them and music? Is the sound of patting the belly or successive striking with a metal object considered music?
What is the ruling on winning an 'Umrah in a social media contest that depends on the picture receiving the most shares, comments, and likes?
What is the ruling on engaging in sexual relations through written chat conversations, sending inappropriate pictures, and completing the sexual conversation via chat until ejaculation? Is this act considered unlawful sexual intercourse (zina) or is it in the ruling of unlawful sexual intercourse, and how can one atone for it?
What is the ruling on using the phrase "SubhanAllah" or "Subhan Allah" mockingly when something surprising or funny happens on social media?
Is it permissible or forbidden to display video clips that contain sounds resembling drums and whistles, which might be songs?
What is the ruling on creating social media applications like Instagram and Twitter for someone when the creator knows that they will be used for an evil purpose, and what should one do if this request causes them embarrassment?
What is the ruling on publishing "mourning" posts with the noble verse: (Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return) written on a black background on social media upon the death of relatives or friends?
What is the ruling on gold found on a beach, if one does not trust the officials in charge of the place and fears aggression from them if the find is reported to them?