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Appearance of Ulama on TV

· 19 Shawwal 1438 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I am getting a lot of bad thoughts about ulama scholars please help me. Would I be sinful? I get bad thoughts about the ulama scholars and they big ulama scholars and I read so much about the photography maslas ulama have different opinions and I read soo much fatwa so I'm getting worried. Some say different things and when I read hadith about picture making I get bad thoughts n images about scholars. Soo i am scared ..what to do will i be sinful.. I try my best to also avoid taking picture n try to become better muslimah. Please help me please would i be sinful for getting bad thought or thinking bad about the scholars.

Answer

The hadeeth says: "Leave out areas of doubt." So why confuse yourself and complicate matters.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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