Suhaib Webb – Sharing Pics Of Israeli Victims

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The speaker discusses the importance of not sharing images of deceased individuals for fear of harmful consequences, and the need to limit personal voices and share information about the deceased. They also address the issue of covering individuals in public, which is a reward for anyone who covers them, and express their desire to empower their Israeli counterparts. The speaker provides guidance on the issues and promises to answer any questions.

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			A number of people contacted me asking about
		
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			the ruling for sharing images of the deceased,
		
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			especially in light of
		
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			those tortured and naked bodies at the hands
		
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			of the Israeli genocide and ask Allah Ta'ala
		
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			be tofiyukin to give a succinct answer, be
		
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			it in the
		
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			Number 1, it is an obligation for us
		
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			to amplify what is happening in Palestine as
		
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			best we can. As I mentioned,
		
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			I believe yesterday, As the prophet said about
		
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			the believers,
		
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			they support one another. This
		
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			is
		
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			It's actually a command that we must
		
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			support
		
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			one another. That being said, it is then
		
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			an act of worship.
		
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			Sharing things online is an act of Ibadah,
		
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			and Ibadah
		
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			must be accompanied with sincerity.
		
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			We should not be sharing things for likes
		
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			if the Palestinians are sharing things for life.
		
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			It's a very different reality that we have
		
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			to appreciate, and we have to make sure
		
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			our intentions are there, that we're sharing these
		
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			things for the sake of Allah
		
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			and not for likes, not for attention, not
		
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			for fame, only for Allah.
		
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			So I believe the best thing to do
		
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			is to limit our own personal voices and
		
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			to amplify those who are closest to the
		
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			epicenter of this genocide and this massacre,
		
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			and that's the Palestinian people and the Palestinian
		
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			diaspora,
		
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			because they're opposed to be idnila or closer
		
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			to ihlas,
		
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			closer to sincerity, closer to the reality of
		
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			the pain.
		
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			The second thing is that imam Ahmed narrates
		
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			with a good isnad that during the battle
		
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			of Uhud, after the battle,
		
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			a group of women wanted to come to
		
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			the martyrs, and the prophet said,
		
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			meaning keep them away because those men, their
		
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			their private parts were exposed and they were
		
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			in compromised positions.
		
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			Also there's other texts where the prophet ordered
		
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			the deceased to be covered. That doesn't mean
		
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			it's not allowed to share images of the
		
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			deceased as some have stated years ago, but
		
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			what it's talking about is is covering their
		
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			awrat
		
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			and keeping people from seeing their private parts.
		
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			So we understand here the second rule that
		
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			it's not allowed to share anything which would
		
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			be haram to share if someone was alive.
		
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			That takes us to the third principle, and
		
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			that is
		
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			the honor that Islam gives to all human
		
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			beings, whether alive or dead.
		
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			This applies to all humanity
		
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			And especially after someone is dead because they
		
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			no longer have control of their body, control
		
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			of their agency, their utility,
		
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			We are commanded to be highly respectful
		
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			of the dead, especially
		
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			if it's going to take away from their
		
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			honor or the honor of their families. So
		
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			we should not be sharing images that are
		
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			not only going to be harmful to that
		
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			dead person in the sense that they knew
		
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			about it, It will be embarrassing
		
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			embarrassing for them. But for their families who
		
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			are alive, who are going to see images
		
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			of their loved ones on social media
		
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			in compromising positions. This is unacceptable. And we're
		
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			hearing
		
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			the voices of our Palestinian brothers and sisters
		
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			pleading with us. Please don't do this. It's
		
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			shameful, especially if you understand the epistemology of
		
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			Palestinian Liberation
		
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			and Arab culture, you can understand the sensitivity
		
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			around
		
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			this.
		
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			And finally, the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
		
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			said, and whoever covers a believer,
		
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			Allah will cover that person in the hereafter,
		
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			that has two meanings, it could mean covering
		
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			their sins and what's hidden from the people,
		
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			but also it means to literally cover a
		
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			person.
		
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			So either way, there is a reward and
		
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			a blessing that will be equated to in
		
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			the hereafter, and what's inferred is that the
		
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			is forbidden. The opposite of that is halal
		
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			to expose
		
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			a person's * or to expose,
		
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			their evil, unless, of course, there's conditions for
		
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			that. So I hope that will give people
		
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			some basic guidelines on this issue. We ask
		
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			Allah to
		
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			liberate the Palestinian
		
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			brothers and sisters and to make us true
		
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			allies to embark on al Fikum. Again, my
		
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			apologies for taking too much of your time,
		
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			but these are important issues. Feel free to
		
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			reach out to me if you have any
		
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			questions about sort of what's going on. And
		
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			if I'm able to answer, I will do
		
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			my best.