Question:
Assalam o alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu ya sayedi and the team of eshaykh. May Allah bless all of you with good health.
Sayeddi with your permission I just want to ask that is the use of sites like Facebook is forbidden according to Islamic laws?
Regards.
Answer:
wa ‘alaykum salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakutuh,
nammuru fee zaman, zaman al-ibaahiyaat wa zaman al-internet wa haahuw al-islam yataathar bi hadhi al-barnamaja allatee tazhar `ala youtube wa facebook.
We are passing in a time in which we are facing a major problem, that we are watching and using Facebook and YouTube and all other technology the Internet provides. It is not anymore a civilization, it is the worst ignorance that we are falling in. People might ask, “Why are you saying this? We are using the Internet for legal purposes, for things we need.” That might be ten percent of usage, but the other ninety percent might be devoted to viewing YouTube, Facebook, Google and Yahoo for sexual purposes and porn. You are losing your children because you raised them wrong! Now a child knows how to use the computer and you are letting your child sit behind the computer and watch programs that are not allowed! Don’t make excuses as they are rejected. You say, “We must follow the time.” No, the time must follow us.
The Prophet (s) mentioned many things in order to give us heavenly programs that we can see and use. But, unfortunately, our focus is only on dunya with nothing about akhirah.
Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani
[Khutbat al-Jumu`ah, August 6, 2011]
