Question
A family WhatsApp group has been created in which they complete a Quraan khatam for the Esale Sawaab of Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and all the marhomeen. Each family member will complete a certain para and advise the Admin on the WhatsApp group of the para completed. Is this permissible to do or to participate in?
Answer
Do not join the haraam whatsapp group. Shaitaan is an extremely cunning enemy. He utilizes this evil medium with the Qur'aan as a bait to entrap people into evil. Recite Qur'aan in privacy at home without informing anyone.
It is haraam to display and advertise ibaadat. Shaitaan has trapped the group. They are advertising their tilaawat, hence all value of the ibaadat is destroyed. Furthermore, it is not permissible to use an evil, haraam medium for any act of ibaadat. Whatsapp is a haraam medium.
The only Ibaadat which has to be performed in public are the acts so commanded by Allah Ta'ala such as Jamaat Salaat, Hajj and Eid Salaat. All Nafl acts of Ibaadat should be incumbently performed in silence and as far as possible in privacy. Shaitaan has appeared to the whatsapp group in Deeni guise to ensnare them into the haraam, porno, zina internet medium. The practice whispered to them by shaitaan is a mockery of the Qur'aan Majeed. If these persons are sincere, they should recite the Qur'aan Majeed at home without informing anyone. It is despicable and not permissible to advertise one's private acts of ibaadat.
The 'Admin' in the second question is in reality Shaitaan.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 23 No 11
- PDF page
- 11
Appears under WHATSAPP QUR'AAN MOCKERY (approximate).