Fariq Naik – How Should the Youth Use the Social Media

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			Assalamu alaikum I'm Tofik Omar
from India, please advise our
		

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			youth, how to use the social media
in an Islamic way and what is
		

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			prohibited in it especially
Whatsapp and Facebook, social
		

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			media, it has a huge reach the
most popular among the social
		

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			media, it is the Facebook, it has
more than 2.5 billion monthly
		

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			active users.
		

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			After that, it is YouTube, which
has 2 billion monthly active
		

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			users.
		

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			So social media it has a huge
reach and social media per se, it
		

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			is not haram there are various
social media platforms for
		

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			example, YouTube, Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, etc.
		

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			Social media can be used for the
good purpose or can be used for
		

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			the bad purpose.
		

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			For example, a knife it can be
used for cutting fruits, whereas
		

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			the same knife can be used for
killing human beings. It depends
		

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			upon how you use the knife.
Similarly, social media it depends
		

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			upon how you use it. But
unfortunately, majority of the
		

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			people they use social media for
non beneficial things rather than
		

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			beneficial things, majority of the
people they use social media for
		

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			non productive things rather than
productive things.
		

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			Whenever we are using social
media, we should see to it that we
		

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			do not break any rule of the
Sharia. It should be within the
		

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			purview of the Islamic sharia and
we should not break any rule of
		

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			the Sharia, this is very
important.
		

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			On YouTube, you have the
advertisements and more than 95%
		

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			of these advertisements, they have
something that is haram they
		

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			either have woman without hijab or
they have music
		

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			even Facebook, it has things that
are haram woman without hijab
		

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			music, obscenity, *, etc all
these things they are available on
		

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			Facebook woman dressed in
inappropriate clothes. So we
		

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			should abstain from watching all
of this.
		

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			So whenever we are using social
media, we should see to it that it
		

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			is within the purview of the
Islamic sharia and that we do not
		

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			break the rules of the Islamic
Sharia.
		

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			And as you ask your question
regarding WhatsApp, WhatsApp
		

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			is a messaging application which
is a substitute for the telephone,
		

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			email, fax etc.
		

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			And it is more used for Halal
rather than haram.
		

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			It is used for the Haram things
for example chatting with the NAMA
		

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			haram chatting with people of the
opposite gender
		

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			also
		

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			it is used for dating. So it is
used for things that are haram.
		

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			But whenever we are using it we
should see to it that we abstain
		

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			from these things that haram and
we have several channels on
		

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			YouTube. In fact majority of the
channels they involve in something
		

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			that is haram.
		

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			We have the example of T series,
which is the most popular YouTube
		

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			channel.
		

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			It has no less than 120 3 billion
views. Not million billion.
		

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			But it is used for the Haram
majority of the things on this
		

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			channel. They involve in things
that are haram woman without hijab
		

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			music woman dressed
inappropriately, they have huge
		

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			popularity. And if we use it for
propagating the message of Islam
		

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			Inshallah, we will get reward for
this we can have daily videos, we
		

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			can have monthly videos, we can
have weekly videos.
		

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			Because social media it has a huge
reach. So we should use it for our
		

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			benefit. And we should use it for
conveying the message of Islam to
		

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			the non Muslims to those who are
unaware of it, and every person
		

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			who embraced Islam. After hearing
your lectures or after seeing any
		

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			of your videos, you will get huge
rewards for this. Whatever good
		

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			deeds that person does, you will
get a share of His rewards.
		

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			So it is a very good opportunity
for you to use the social media
		

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			for conveying the message of
Islam, whether it be YouTube,
		

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			whether it be Facebook, even
WhatsApp can be used for conveying
		

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			the message of Islam. You can
share good Islamic videos among
		

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			your friends, among your
colleagues, on groups etc.
		

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			So in this way we can get
		

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			ready we'll use the social media
for our benefit and use it for
		

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			conveying the message of Islam to
the non Muslims to those who are
		

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			unaware of it