Re: [IslamCity] Chatting and Internet

[habib]

Mufti Ibrahim Desai did NOT forbid chatting or Internet as a technology. What he did say is "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."   Please read his fatwa again, before replying to him.   None of the following statements of your makes any sense...   > noted your below answer that chatting on internet is prohibited   > I'm totally confuse on it, if we should have to avoid them then the technology of mobile fones and tele fones are also prohibited   > these things/technologies shouldn’t be prohibited   ... because he did not prohibit the technology. He prohibited communication with the opposite gender without a need. Regardless whether the communication uses modern technlogy or performed the old fashon direct way.   Was-salam.   -habib.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Ali Rizwan To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [IslamCity] Chatting and Internet Asslam-u-alikum!!!   Respected Mufti Ibrahim Desai Sb, noted your below answer that chatting on internet is prohibited but I need to ask something to you that both chatter can't see each other and can't express the exact feelings although it is possible through wording and other animation effects but still both are behind the screen, then how it could be prohibited unless they don't talk beyond the confines. If I have a male/female friend in overseas and I don't have any other source to contact with him/her except the chatting and I do chat in a very sophisticated manners just to discuss routine matters and just to knowing each others then what it should be consider whether wrong or right..... and whereas the animation effects (smiley/sad/cheer/weeping/clapping etc) are just to state the feelings and those are not the actual pictures and nobody is even worshiping(NAUZ BI LLAH) them. So even they are bad/prohibited...........   I'm totally confuse on it, if we should have to avoid them then the technology of mobile fones and tele fones are also prohibited to use as we mostly send text messages to our friends (male/female) around the clock, means is this also prohibited....   I believe (sorry to say I'm not going to challenge your knowledge, as you are my senior and I respect you more than a common man) these things/technologies shouldn’t be prohibited, the way we use that should be stopped. We have to change the way we are using these scientific innovated products. As our God (Almighty Allah) blessed us a brain and we are the only creators of HIS which have the greatest rank in HIS all creation, and HE also gave us power to innovate new things and sense to use/utilization of those things....So, its better that we should have to follow the right way instead to ignoring the things.........As I believe God made two ways for each and single track, now its totally up to us which one we follow............   Sir, please amend me if I'm wrong in any point! Looking forward for your kind response!   Allah Hafiz, Ali Rizwan     [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As chatting on the Internet is becoming evermore popular for 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 to. 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. Answer 15883 2005-10-07 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 Shari’ah, 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 Shari’ah to speak on the phone or chat on the internet. Many people have their own interpretations of genuine need which is not acceptable in Shari’ah. 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 Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Feel free to call! Free PC-to-PC calls. Low rates on PC-to-Phone. Get Yahoo! 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