Social Media and Privacy
351 questions
What is the ruling on using email in pirated or illegally unlicensed Windows, and is it permissible to use it for commercial purposes? And is the email considered impure? And what is the ruling on using the Facebook app on the phone if the accounts were created through pirated Windows?
Is it obligatory to condemn every evil seen on social media platforms like Facebook, and is one sinful for not doing so? And how can enjoining good and forbidding evil be applied in this context?
Is there a sin or impermissibility in advertising and promoting free-range sheep for a fee, which includes photographing and displaying them on social media, and organizing auctions for them at prices reaching hundreds of thousands?
Does the description in the noble verse apply to me: (Do you enjoin righteousness upon people and forget yourselves) if I remind people to fast on Mondays and Thursdays via social media, but I do not fast?
Is it permissible for me to benefit from the 500 Riyals that a boy found in the street and gave to me to deliver to the Imam, after I searched for its owner for a year and did not find him, or should I return it to the boy who found it?
Is speaking with married women online and on social media, regarding political and social matters, considered a sin, and what is its expiation if it is?
Is it permissible to prevent one's wife from using Facebook if it is merely for sharing messages with non-mahrams?
Is it permissible to participate in a social media project that has both benefits and harms, and its money is halal, despite the strong likelihood of its misuse?
Is it permissible to post a natural image from the Internet on social media?
Is it permissible to marry a foreign Christian woman who committed fornication previously? And must she be chaste, knowing that she wishes to retain her religion? If the couple has a Muslim child, is it permissible for the Christian mother to speak to him about Christianity? And what are the religious conditions and instructions before and after marriage?
Is it permissible to maintain a Facebook account that includes men and women for the purpose of reporting abusive content, knowing that the account is also used to publish da'wah (Islamic propagation) and scientific content, and private messages are not enabled on it?
Is the owner of an audio social media platform sinful if members upload musical files or Christian hymns to it, especially given that it may be difficult to control the content as the number of users increases?
Is it permissible for committed sisters to post pictures of fully veiled women (niqabis) in their complete modesty on social media, with the intention of instilling the idea of niqab and making it beloved to girls?
What is the ruling on responding to abusive language, insults, and mockery of religion on social media?
Is a committed girl held accountable for a sin she commits out of ignorance, and will she be judged for the intrusive thoughts that may harm the acceptance of good deeds? What can help her remain steadfast in acts of obedience and avoid hypocrisy (riya') and polytheism (shirk)? How can all acts of worship and relationships with people be solely for the sake of Allah? Do her young age and sins prevent her from engaging in da‘wah (inviting to Islam) via Facebook?
Will he who caused the spread of a photo-sharing social media application earn the sins of its users who publish pictures of women, and the sins of those who view these pictures?
Is it permissible for a husband to initiate conversations with a non-mahram woman via social media and continue talking to her under the pretext of offering advice or inquiring about her health, knowing that he had previously agreed with his wife that neither of them would talk to the opposite sex?
Will he who creates a religious group on a social media application to spread good and remind people of Allah be rewarded, and if innovations or abominations occur in the group after his death, will he be held accountable for them?
What is the ruling on women following men on "Instagram" with the intention of only viewing their pictures, whether they are doctors or ordinary individuals, with no conversation between them?
What is the ruling on the supplications (du'as) prevalent on social media, which were not narrated from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and do not contain any transgression in supplication, such as: "My Lord, I ask You for success that accompanies my steps, and a life filled with all that is beautiful"?
What is the ruling on publishing a video clip that explains how to download from social media sites, given the possibility that the explanation might be used in disobedience to Allah by downloading inappropriate clips?
Is it permissible for a husband to prevent his wife from using social media without a reason, and is he entitled to search her phone under the pretext of knowing her relationships and correcting what he deems deviant?
What is the ruling on the oath "Divorce upon me, I do not know them" for a person who saw his wife's name on his device along with the names of two girls whom he does not know?
Is it permissible to publish pictures of unveiled girls on social media, and will the husband be held accountable for his wife's doing so?