Without the internet, I would not have a very good grasp of what Islam is all about. Seriously. It has had a huge impact on me.
Yes
No
Not sure
Has it helped you learn about Islam?
Has it helped you learn about other things?
Has it helped you connect with Muslims from all over the world, and share your love of Allah and his Messenger
Has it helped you connect with respectful non-Muslims?
Without the internet, I would not have a very good grasp of what Islam is all about. Seriously. It has had a huge impact on me.
If it were not for the internet I would have contact with perhaps 6 Muslims at the most. I would have no source for Da'wah materials, I would have no way of getting exact prayer times, I would have a very restricted communication with any Brothers.
I suspect that for many reverts in America the internet is our primary if not only contact with Islam.
yes it has Alhamdulilah just registered with an online islamic course today.. so should keep me busy for the summer inshallah. however i do tend to waste time too on internet but internet over all is good. i suppose its like a sword, it can harm you too if you don't use it correctly.
also meeting muslims on the internet has made me aware that other brothers and sisters badly need our duas and i realised that how blessed i am too. i think it has made my love grow strong for my brothers and sisters.. i love them all for the sake of Allah.
Last edited by cat eyes; 06-18-2010 at 03:44 AM.
Salams...
its benefits me especially the online shopping thing...huhuhunow i don't have to walk to all the shops...and go out of the house lol huhu
Its a great blessing in my life. I can't say more than that !
Alhumdulilah for that!
I have learned more about Islam through the Internet than I have from the Muslim community in my home town.
Yes. It's broadened my knowledge on most things, including Islam. It's also broadened my knowledge on religion in general, including my own, and without it, I would not have a clue on various world views.
Has it helped you learn about Islam?
YES I LEARNED ISLAMIC STUDIES BY SCHOLARS IN INTERNET BASED ISLAMIC INSTITUTES
Has it helped you learn about other things?
YES ESPECIALLY WHAT IS RELATED TO MY WORK AND OTHERS WHICH ARE NOT AS DESIGNING
Has it helped you connect with Muslims from all over the world, and share your love of Allah and his Messenger
YES MY DEAREST SISTERS ARE THOSE i KNOW FROM INTERNET AND THIS WAS A GREAT GIFT FROM ALLAH WE MEMORIZING QURAAN TOGETHER AND STUDYING ISLAM TOGETHER
Has it helped you connect with respectful non-Muslims?
NOT YET
GAZAKOM ALLAHU KHAIRAN
I agree with that.format_quote Originally Posted by Supreme
The beauty of the Internet is that it gives you access to information from different sources.
No longer do we have to rely on one source of information - be that about news events, politics, religion etc - but we can find out what different sources say and how other people interpret and perceive the same events.
I have learned that there is rarely only ONE answer or ONE suggested solution, but that different people have different views altogether.
Hopefully we can learn from each other that way ...
Wow, somebody said no.
It has beneficial for me, although i'm not much of a message forum person. This is the first Islamic forum i've joined.
i'd like to hear the reason that somebody said no but if they are too shy, it's okay.
as-salam alaykum
I voted no because the internet only exposed alot of bogots and hatred not just towards muslims but sometimes towards ethnic minorities including somalis. I even read stuff from so called muslims attitude towards black in particular. The internet is a like heaven for these idoits. But all this was before I started spending more time on this forum and news and message box, I think in time I will change my mind towards internet benefiting me.
The internet bascially almost made me lose my faith in humanity. Not to mention I knew a lot fights in my early teens and late teens organised via internet. Not me of course but from people I knew. Also the videos of those fights, and I used to watch it!
format_quote Originally Posted by sweet106
When i first started reading the comments sections of news items, i became very disturbed by what i read.
And i had a similar reaction that you did. It's difficult sometimes to read arguments online, knowing that would hardly be how they treated each other in real life.
i'm really limiting my internet to work (required), required communication (email) and Islam (required).
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I agree that you have to be very selective in what you read and look at on the Internet.
There must be a huge amount of trash out there, which is either not beneficial or downright harmful, false, inappropriate or disgusting!
Still, with a little care and self-control the Internet is immensely useful and beneficial.
Yes, i have learnt & benefitted alot from the internet.
It is fast becoming a necessity for those of us who live far from any cities. Much of our shopping is done online. I also need it for current weather reports as there are no local forecasts, but I can go on line and look at the satellite images of the weather conditions in the 4 state region, get a rough idea if any storms are heading this way. Also it is very good for finding prayers online on the days we can not get to the Masjid. Not quite as good as being in the Masjid, but much better than not having it. Up here in the winter time it is nearly the only contact we have with the outside world for 6 months.
You live in North Dakota, correct? Do you have a Masjid nearby? SubhanAllah, that is amazing.format_quote Originally Posted by Woodrow
I don't know much about North Dakota except that it is windy and cold. Islam would be one of the last things to come to my mind.
Weather reports and radar (real-time) are a huge benefit of the internet.
format_quote Originally Posted by espada
The closest actual Masjid is nearly 400 miles away. The nearest one with over 100 Muslims that attend it is nearly 600 miles away. North Dakota is very sparsely populated, there are no large cities in fact the entire population of the state is smaller than many cities.
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