Suhaib Webb – Sharing Pics Of Israeli Victims

A number of people contacted me asking about

the ruling for sharing images of the deceased,

especially in light of

those tortured and naked bodies at the hands

of the Israeli genocide and ask Allah Ta'ala

be tofiyukin to give a succinct answer, be

it in the

Number 1, it is an obligation for us

to amplify what is happening in Palestine as

best we can. As I mentioned,

I believe yesterday, As the prophet said about

the believers,

they support one another. This

is

It's actually a command that we must

support

one another. That being said, it is then

an act of worship.

Sharing things online is an act of Ibadah,

and Ibadah

must be accompanied with sincerity.

We should not be sharing things for likes

if the Palestinians are sharing things for life.

It's a very different reality that we have

to appreciate, and we have to make sure

our intentions are there, that we're sharing these

things for the sake of Allah

and not for likes, not for attention, not

for fame, only for Allah.

So I believe the best thing to do

is to limit our own personal voices and

to amplify those who are closest to the

epicenter of this genocide and this massacre,

and that's the Palestinian people and the Palestinian

diaspora,

because they're opposed to be idnila or closer

to ihlas,

closer to sincerity, closer to the reality of

the pain.

The second thing is that imam Ahmed narrates

with a good isnad that during the battle

of Uhud, after the battle,

a group of women wanted to come to

the martyrs, and the prophet said,

meaning keep them away because those men, their

their private parts were exposed and they were

in compromised positions.

Also there's other texts where the prophet ordered

the deceased to be covered. That doesn't mean

it's not allowed to share images of the

deceased as some have stated years ago, but

what it's talking about is is covering their

awrat

and keeping people from seeing their private parts.

So we understand here the second rule that

it's not allowed to share anything which would

be haram to share if someone was alive.

That takes us to the third principle, and

that is

the honor that Islam gives to all human

beings, whether alive or dead.

This applies to all humanity

And especially after someone is dead because they

no longer have control of their body, control

of their agency, their utility,

We are commanded to be highly respectful

of the dead, especially

if it's going to take away from their

honor or the honor of their families. So

we should not be sharing images that are

not only going to be harmful to that

dead person in the sense that they knew

about it, It will be embarrassing

embarrassing for them. But for their families who

are alive, who are going to see images

of their loved ones on social media

in compromising positions. This is unacceptable. And we're

hearing

the voices of our Palestinian brothers and sisters

pleading with us. Please don't do this. It's

shameful, especially if you understand the epistemology of

Palestinian Liberation

and Arab culture, you can understand the sensitivity

around

this.

And finally, the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam

said, and whoever covers a believer,

Allah will cover that person in the hereafter,

that has two meanings, it could mean covering

their sins and what's hidden from the people,

but also it means to literally cover a

person.

So either way, there is a reward and

a blessing that will be equated to in

the hereafter, and what's inferred is that the

is forbidden. The opposite of that is halal

to expose

a person's * or to expose,

their evil, unless, of course, there's conditions for

that. So I hope that will give people

some basic guidelines on this issue. We ask

Allah to

liberate the Palestinian

brothers and sisters and to make us true

allies to embark on al Fikum. Again, my

apologies for taking too much of your time,

but these are important issues. Feel free to

reach out to me if you have any

questions about sort of what's going on. And

if I'm able to answer, I will do

my best.