Mufti Menk – The Use Of Social Media

			Make sure that your use of social media
		

			is beneficial
		

			because many times people are flicking social media,
		

			be it TikTok as
		

			what is, you know, the the common one
		

			today, or Instagram, YouTube, whatever it may be.
		

			As we're flicking, we see things.
		

			Sometimes we see good things and there are
		

			also a lot of bad things.
		

			Unfortunately,
		

			the bad things when we keep seeing them
		

			and we pause at them, the algorithm begins
		

			to think that that's what you enjoy.
		

			So it begins to show you more of
		

			that and less of the one that's beneficial.
		

			So you need to make sure you interact
		

			with what is beneficial online.
		

			And spend time with it so that the
		

			algorithm understands that you're a person who's more
		

			interested in that which is of this kind
		

			rather than that.
		

			And this is a very important piece of
		

			advice because
		

			that plays a big role in shaping what
		

			you do, how you think, and what you
		

			end up doing physically outside
		

			cause you've been watching it. You see it
		

			time and again the same thing. You know
		

			what beats me? Wallahi, sometimes I feel so
		

			sad
		

			when I know of people who've memorized the
		

			words of
		

			others who have come about with all sorts
		

			of weird lyrics and songs and they know
		

			the words and the tunes and every single
		

			thing. But they don't know Surat Al Kahf.
		

			They don't know Surat Yaseen.
		

			You don't know
		

			But you know
		

			50 different songs of the people of the
		

			earth. The meanings of which
		

			are many a times that which is unacceptable.
		

			You and I know what are they singing
		

			about. Today's words and lyrics
		

			as far as I was told
		

			are really
		

			of a level that even those who are
		

			not Muslim but belong to other faiths and
		

			are serious about their faith would tell you
		

			that these words are really really disturbing.
		

			It's something that we shouldn't be listening to.
		

			That's what they will tell you. So imagine
		

			if you're a Muslim and the Muslim is
		

			supposed to be even stricter
		

			and more disciplined in that regard. So you
		

			need to watch your use of social media
		

			and you need to improve it and make
		

			sure not only do you put up
		

			content that is beneficial for you and others,
		

			but you interact with content that is beneficial
		

			for you as well.