As chatting on the Internet is becoming popular 4 muslims when socialisng with friends and relatives instead of using the telephone, a trend has been emerging that people have been giving a blind eye
Ask anybody who chats on the internet regularly and they will tell you that sometimes it is difficult to transfer your _expression_ to your chatting buddy, so a smiley face (as they are known) are concatenated to the sentence to show the writers mood. For example, I had my exams yesterday :-), I am getting married tommorrow :-)
| Answer 15922 | 2005-10-12 |
Chatting on the internet is similar to speaking on the telephone. It is not permissible for male or female to speak on the telephone to the opposite gender who is a Ghayr Mahram (not prohibited in marriage) freely and without necessity. If there is a genuine need which is valid in Shariah, then members of the opposite gender may speak through the telephone with modesty and confine the discussion to the need.
To speak freely and beyond necessity is a sin. The same rule applies for chatting on the internet. No person should decide him/herself what is a valid reason in Shariah to speak on the phone or chat on the internet. Many people have their own interpretations of genuine need which is not acceptable in Shariah. We are aware of many such people who have caused ruin to their lives especially by chatting on the internet with the opposite gender. The _expression_ of smiley faces and sad faces through internet chatting falls in the category of drawing pictures of animate objects which is prohibited. As an alternative, one may express his/her happiness and sadness in words.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
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