Visiting kuffaar websites
Question
1. Can you go on kuffaar websites to read the news?
2. Can you read kuffar newspapers?
3. Can you go on fussaaq [transgressing Muslims] websites to read the news?
4. Can you read a newspaper written by a faasiq?
5. Can you use youtube whatsapp viber etc?
Answer
It is best to refrain.
As above.
As above.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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