Social Media and Privacy
351 questions
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a man who discovered his wife was having an illicit online relationship with another man while she was traveling, and despite his attempts to rectify the situation and give her a second chance by moving to another country, the wife and her mother continue to justify the betrayal, and the wife requests the freedom to travel alone and use social media as before, in light of the deteriorating trust between them?
What are the conditions for repentance from zina for someone who engaged in light penetration and then regretted it and repented? Does the presence of female friends on social media affect the validity of the repentance? Is that considered of the same nature as the act? And should someone afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who doubts their repentance from sins avoid marriage?
Did Al-Abbas, the uncle of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, mock him?
What is the ruling on registering for the "Wattpad" application and publishing novels and stories on it, given the presence of indecent stories that contain ideas contrary to Islam, and is it obligatory to advise their publishers, whether male or not?
What is the ruling on accompanying, dealing with, and speaking to a pagan disbeliever, whether face-to-face or through social media?
What is the ruling on the fasting and expiation for a woman who broke her fast for several consecutive Ramadans due to studying abroad and does not know their exact number? And is it permissible for a person who is not a religious scholar to invite people to Islam by publishing Quranic verses in English on social media?
Is it permissible to support dawah-oriented pages on social media platforms with Zakat funds, given that the propagation reaches a larger number of followers?
Is it permissible to break a promise and covenant with Allah to abandon social media platforms, such as Facebook, in order to return to them for the purpose of work and دعوت إلى الله (inviting to Allah), while fearing to violate the promise?
Is it permissible for a Sunni girl to marry a non-Sunni young man, knowing that he does not like fanaticism and respects the Sunni Madhhab, and can he be convinced to embrace the Sunni Madhhab?
Does the seller of a social media account bear the sin for what the buyer may post on the account, such as pictures of women, music, or other things, for the followers?
What is the ruling on following a girl who boasts about her money and possessions on social media, and is her photographing her adorned hands considered a form of displaying her beauty (tabarruj)? What is the ruling on her boasting, and is she sinful when the poor follow her? And does what she is doing fall under the category of "But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it]" (Quran 93:11)?
What is the ruling on money accumulated from trading in social media accounts stolen from disbelievers and Arabs, with knowledge of that?
What is the ruling on dealing with the Webtalk program, which combines social media, employment, sales, and communication programs, and pays subscribers for inviting other people (referral) up to five levels?
Is it permissible to write statuses on WhatsApp or Facebook that include criticisms of reality or sadness about it, such as "No wonder women are naked... rather, the wonder is that they came out of homes where there were men," or "The female who sets boundaries in dealing with men was well-raised and is not complicated"?
Do the owners and administrators of a social media website dedicated to beneficial topics bear the sin for religiously forbidden posts (such as music, or pictures of unveiled women) published by subscribers, despite their having set conditions for purposeful content and their attempts to control violations?