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Religious Debating on Social Media | Hubeali Skip to content Hubeali Menu Topics Quran Tafseer Books Urdu Books English Books Sermons School of Wilayat Search for: Search Button Home Latest Update Religious Debating on Social Media Religious Debating on Social Media Download PDF Summary: Religion, like every other activity, has become an industry; it is sold and bought, copied and copy-protected.

The religion of Allah -azwj has reached us through the sacrifices of the Prophets -as and the Imams -asws , who offered to Allah -azwj whatever they -asws had, including their -asws lives and the lives of their -asws family and children -asws .

See, for example: وَ أَرْوِي عَنِ الْعَالِمِ ع‏ أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَالَ وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَجْتَلِبُونَ الدُّنْيَا بِالدِّينِ‏ وَ وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَ الَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْقِسْطِ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَ وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ إِذَا الْمُؤْمِنُ فِيهِمْ يَسِيرُ بِالْعَدْلِ يَعْتَدُونَ وَ عَلَيْهِ يَجْتَرُونَ وَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ لَأُتِيحَنَّ لَهُمْ فِتْنَةً يُتْرَكُ الْحَكِيمُ فِيهِمْ حيرانا [حَيْرَانَ‏].

And it is reported by the Scholar (Imam -asws ): ‘Allah -azwj Said: “Woe be for those who are pulling (earning) the world with the religion, and woe be to those who are killing those who are instructing with the fairness from the people, and woe be to those when the believing walks among them with the justice, they attack upon him and are audacious and they are not being guided!

I -azwj shall Bring about a Fitna (discord) to them, the wise ones among them will be left confused!”’ [1] Like other commercial items, religion has also been discussed on social media. Rather than learning and practising aspects of worship, its controversial points are debated to attract a larger number of viewers and generate revenue.

In the Ahadith, however, we are advised not to base our beliefs from the talk of others but to take the religion from the Book and Sunnah through our own efforts, for example: الغيبة للنعماني رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ دَخَلَ فِي هَذَا الدِّينِ بِالرِّجَالِ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْهُ الرِّجَالُ كَمَا أَدْخَلُوهُ فِيهِ وَ مَنْ دَخَلَ فِيهِ بِالْكِتَابِ وَ السُّنَّةِ زَالَتِ‏ الْجِبَالُ‏ قَبْلَ‏ أَنْ‏ يَزُولَ‏.

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