Social Media and Privacy
351 questions
Is it Islamically permissible to use Quranic verses in speech, to cite them as proverbs, or to comment with them on pictures on social media?
Is it permissible to say: "Invoke blessings upon him who wept longing to see us"? And is it permissible to say: "There is no servant who says: 'Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, much, good, blessed praise,' except that Allah diverts from him seventy types of affliction, the least of which is worry"? And is the saying: "Allah is sufficient for us; He will give us of His bounty; indeed, to Allah we are supplicants," considered the supplication of miracles? And what can we do regarding the spread of such sayings via social media, and are we sinful if we do not advise those who propagate them?
Is the divorce that occurred between the spouses considered a revocable or an irrevocable divorce, given that the husband had previously divorced his wife three times in a phone call, which was reversed by a fatwa, and he conditioned the divorce on placing her picture on social media, and the picture was placed three times, intentionally and unintentionally, the last of which was due to the wife's request for divorce because of living conditions?
Is it permissible to open a Facebook account or other (social media account) for the mother, with the son knowing the password, but without the mother's knowledge or acceptance to open it without her explicit permission?
What is the Sharia ruling regarding a wife who neglects her marital and familial duties due to staying up late watching movies and using social media, leaves her husband's home without his permission, and refuses to return to it, knowing that she is a graduate of the College of Islamic Education?
What is the Sharia guideline for those from whom knowledge is acquired, in light of the proliferation of social media, and how can one verify the uprightness, piety, knowledge, and God-fearingness of speakers on these platforms?
Is it permissible for a husband to abandon his wife and pray for her death merely because she has an Instagram account on which she publishes only pictures of maxims and hadiths, without any personal pictures or communication with anyone?
Is it considered a sin if I post expressions of love and emotions on social media without my mother's knowledge, given that I sometimes need to vent my feelings in this way?
What is the ruling on reading and following what some individuals write on social media platforms, such as the account of "Sheikh Abu al-Iman," who presents satirical fatwas and mythical stories with the aim of criticizing extremist fatwas and radical sheikhs? And is whoever reads and laughs at them considered an apostate?
Is it permissible for a fiancé to feel jealous of his fiancée and her family and to lose trust in them due to their repeated harm through disobedience, and what is the ruling on one who is asked to relinquish his jealousy by allowing his mother and his fiancée’s mother to converse with strangers on social media, and is this jealousy considered extremism? Is it permissible for a fiancé to converse with his fiancée via Facebook to agree upon matters concerning their marriage, and what is the ruling on one who speaks to women, citing the incident of the fiancé with his fiancée as a pretext? What is the ruling on one who insults the fiancé and accuses him of hypocrisy for speaking with his fiancée and prevents him from offering advice? And what is the ruling on one who asks the fiancé to only pay attention to his fiancée and not prevent her from conversing with her mother or sister, and is a fiancé who feels jealous of his fiancée’s family considered an extremist and backward?
What is the ruling on doubting the Holy Quran, the Prophets, and the Quranic figures, and doubting the ruling on a man marrying four wives, and what must be done towards those who promote these ideas on social media?
Is it forbidden to communicate with married female colleagues via social media to check on their general well-being and to get to know their families?
What is the ruling on voting for the most beautiful man or woman, which is widespread on social media?
Is it permissible to work for a company that collects and analyzes what people say on social media for private companies or governments, knowing that I participate in developing this program and am not responsible for how clients use it?
Is it permissible to publish religious posts on social media, even though the one calling to Islam is not a scholar, and bearing in mind that calling to Allah on such pages may be restricted to scholars?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a married woman conversing with a male colleague who is a stranger to her via social media, in a manner that includes flirtation and romantic talk?
Is a husband’s detention of his wife in her home, preventing her from visiting her family, and preventing them from visiting her, along with his threat to marry another woman, considered “detention with kindness” (imsaak bi-ma‘roof)? And is he entitled to do that?
What is the ruling on saying: "Your mercy, O Allah, always soothes the heart and shows it tenderness when all else hardens it," and are there any linguistic flaws in it? Is it ill-mannered to describe Allah's mercy as "soothing" (tatabtub) to hearts? And what is the ruling on uttering the supplication: "O Lord, soothe me (tattabtab 'alayya)," which is prevalent on social media?
What is the way to guide someone who advocates secularism and publishes indecent pictures on social media, and what are the arguments and proofs to convince them?
What is the ruling on publishing a message calling for the unification of an image on which "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah" is written on social media; in support of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, after the events in France?
Does a divorce occur if the husband swore an oath of divorce that his wife would not download any social media applications, and then she downloaded one, not knowing if it was included in the oath or not, and then deleted it immediately?
Is it permissible for some Christian colleagues to be friends on Facebook and Twitter?
Is it permissible for a young man and woman who wish to marry, but are currently facing circumstances that prevent them from completing the marriage, to have phone or online conversations, with the knowledge of their families?
Is it permissible to follow male and female colleagues from school on Twitter with the aim of getting to know what they write, and is there sin upon the one who follows if personal or forbidden pictures of the female followers appear?