Beware of Social Media

imeeru

Politcal Worker (100+ posts)
Beware of Social Media
Part 1: A Reminder


This is quite possible that someone will
be be repeating same mistakes everyday but still remain unnoticed, until somebody else draws his attention towards it or sometime he observes by himself the same mistake done by others. I believe this is a blessing of Allah(swt) that he makes his servants to observe those mistakes and give them a chance to rectify them. And what a tragic thing it can be, if we remain heedless of our actions and never try to correct ourselves, even after we have been warned off them.


For those who don't know me, I drive Taxi for
living, and I really like my job, actually. It provides me a lot of time to think about myself and searching meanings of life, while driving through some deserted roads in night. In fact, I can write a whole article about benefits of driving taxi in Europe :).


Anyways, Recently, I had a passenger who neither spoke nor he could hear, so he showed me a piece of paper with an address written on it, I took him in car, we exchanged greetings by hand signals and then he sat quietly.
For some reason I was already impressed by his humbleness. While I was driving towards his destination I started thinking....indeed it's a great lose for not being able to speak or hear but on other hand, how fortunate he is that he doesn't have to listen any gossips and he is not backbiting anybody, after all Allah(
swt) had saved him from these major sins.
The sins which are, probably, the most heinous in any society. Allah describes backbiting as an act of eating
flesh of your dead brother. A sin which nearly every single Muslim struggles to keep himself away from. And here's a man whose tongue can't utter a word and whose ear are save from all the evils, we can hear.


I had created some angelic image of him within myself and as I was going through these thoughts suddenly he took his phone out of his pocket and started checking Facebook.
Ohh...dear, Facebook? A website which has mastered the art of how to turn people into stalkers, stealing precious moments of people's lives and making them virtual zombies. Today, people are so much consumed by it that they don't have their own identity anymore rather they live by what others think about them. It really shocked me for a moment. I forgot we were living in a different world. And it was as if my thoughts were just halted in the air. His image scattered faster than I just had created in my imaginations....... then I asked myself another question, maybe I'm just incriminating him for no reason, maybe he was as innocent as I had imagined and he was only trying to connect with his friends and family, and most probably this was his only option to do so.
I collected myself and started thinking positively again.... but then, another thought struck in my mind, a thought which I should've been struck with a lot earlier and maybe even harder.
"How easy it was for me to judge someone for what he was doing but when did I hold myself accountable for what I had been doing on Facebook,
whatsapp or other social networking sites?"
Soon we reached his destination and that passenger left the car but he also left me with a
lot questions to think about, and I think we should all be thinking over that.


I'm not against the Facebook, in fact I believe Facebook and other social networking websites has provided the people like you and me, a platform for our voices to be heard globally and whichever means we find, we should use to raise our voice for our rights or against any injustice. On the contrary, electronic and social media has also become the most active tool of Modern Warfare, unfortunately, against Islam, from our perspective. Holding ourselves back from using it, is like retreating from your enemy on this Warfare, and leaving our young generation exposed to all the propaganda being done there. It also can be used in numerous ways for personal motives whether it be for social, business or education and information purposes. So we recognise the importance of social media in today's world.


But as they say everything comes at it's price, the evils and distractions that may come with social media as dark clouds can easily overshadow it's advantages, and if we're not aware of them we may end up falling into major sins. So let us remind ourselves that backbiting, slandering or being involved in gossips is a major sin, regardless of doing by tongue, typing or texting. Let us remind ourselves the best among us, the one who is best in his conduct, as our beloved Prophet(pbuh) said. The manners and etiquette what Islam stresses upon, should also apply
in social media as well, so let's not acts as a scavenger while talking or arguing somebody on social media. And let us also remind ourselves it's forbidden sneaking into people's personal lives and wasting time on useless things.


I want you to pause here for a moment and think for once, how many times, just in a try to be smart or funny, we have posted or commented about someone which was nothing but just mocking about our brother. What if our some derogatory comments on somebody's profile could've cost him, losing his credibility for no reason, would we like it to happened to ourselves? And what if our just gossiping around about somebody's private life could've cost them breakup of their relationships, are we ready for it's punishment? Or what if our laughing at other sects or what others believe would've resulted in cause more hatred and fitnah among people.


May Allah(
swt) save us from these sins, but these are very, very important questions, which I believe, we should keep reminding ourselves, constantly.


Note:
There are some questions like (we love bashing our rulers and celebrities) but how far we can go in criticising them? Is it allowed as well or not? Where to draw a line when warning off your brother? Some answers I got during my research, for some I'm still waiting to consult with some scholars, who know this subject well. I will share in part ii, when I'm done,
inshaa Allah. Meanwhile I'll appreciate your input which can help us. Jazzaak
Allah
 
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Darvesh

MPA (400+ posts)
بهیا، جب بهار آتی هے تو پهولوں کے ساتهه ببول پر بهی جوانی اپنا رنگ جماتی هے..منحصر آپ پے که آپ کس کے سایه میں بیٹهنا پسند کریں گے...خدا نے انسان کو "فری ول" نامی شے سے غالبا اسی لیے سرفراز کیا هے...اچهے کو اچهای اور برے کو برای کا جواز ڈهونڈنے میں زیاده مشقت نهی کرنا پڑتی..
فیس بک سے آپ کا بیر، خیر یه آپکا زاتی معامله هے، مگر اس کے استعمال کی بنیاد پر آپکا کسی کی شخصیت پرکهنا غلط هے..
آن آ ڈیفرنٹ نوٹ::آپ سوچتے بهت زیاده هیں اور وه بهی دوسروں کے بارے میں.
 

Raiwind-Destroyer

Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
Don't try to split a hair. Do what is generally thought right (maaroof), avoid what is bad (munkar), as far as possible.
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Talwar Gujjar

Chief Minister (5k+ posts)

Go find that hadith too, which says "The Beloved Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, “Without doubt, my Ummah will never be gathered upon misguidance. Whenever you see disagreement, hold fast to the greater majority.” Mian Sharif is PM elected with heavy majority. He cannot be a Munafiq.[h=3][/h]
 

Raiwind-Destroyer

Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
Go find that hadith too, which says "The Beloved Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, “Without doubt, my Ummah will never be gathered upon misguidance. Whenever you see disagreement, hold fast to the greater majority.” Mian Sharif is PM elected with heavy majority. He cannot be a Munafiq.
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Talwar Gujjar

Chief Minister (5k+ posts)

We can keep on working to improve and perfect our system, but as far as religion goes, it is obligatory to obey Mian Nawaz Sharif at this time because he is our elected PM till 2018:
[h=2]Verse (4:59) - English Translation[/h]Sahih International: O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result.
 

Raiwind-Destroyer

Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
We can keep on working to improve and perfect our system, but as far as religion goes, it is obligatory to obey Mian Nawaz Sharif at this time because he is our elected PM till 2018:
Verse (4:59) - English Translation

Sahih International: O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result.
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Talwar Gujjar

Chief Minister (5k+ posts)

It can be argued from the Quranic Ayah quoted in my previous post, it may be sinful to disobey and speak evil of our PM until his tenure. You can take your complaints to him or a court, you can vote against him when elections are called, but baseless gossip and innuendo or efforts to organize a resistance against a legit authority is definitely unislamic, to say the least.
 

imeeru

Politcal Worker (100+ posts)
بهیا، جب بهار آتی هے تو پهولوں کے ساتهه ببول پر بهی جوانی اپنا رنگ جماتی هے..منحصر آپ پے که آپ کس کے سایه میں بیٹهنا پسند کریں گے...خدا نے انسان کو "فری ول" نامی شے سے غالبا اسی لیے سرفراز کیا هے...اچهے کو اچهای اور برے کو برای کا جواز ڈهونڈنے میں زیاده مشقت نهی کرنا پڑتی..
فیس بک سے آپ کا بیر، خیر یه آپکا زاتی معامله هے، مگر اس کے استعمال کی بنیاد پر آپکا کسی کی شخصیت پرکهنا غلط هے..
آن آ ڈیفرنٹ نوٹ::آپ سوچتے بهت زیاده هیں اور وه بهی دوسروں کے بارے میں.
شکریہ بھیا آپ کی مثال پسند آئی مجھے۔ لیکن میں بھی تو فیس بک کے استعمال پر ہی سوال اٹھا رہا تھا۔
اور دوسرا سوچنے کی بات بھی درست کی آپ نے۔ لیکن اتنی جلدی میرے بارے میں اتنے مفروضے گڑھ کر آپ بھی تو اسی غلطی کے مرتکب ہو رہے جس پر آپ مجھے تنقید کا نشانہ بنارہے ہیں۔ :)
 

Raiwind-Destroyer

Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
It can be argued from the Quranic Ayah quoted in my previous post, it may be sinful to disobey and speak evil of our PM until his tenure. You can take your complaints to him or a court, you can vote against him when elections are called, but baseless gossip and innuendo or efforts to organize a resistance against a legit authority is definitely unislamic, to say the least.
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