Has the internet been beneficial to your life?

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i will go with NO but my NO is not strictly NO!!!i hope u all knw wt i mean.....every1 have freedom of speech & i respect tht,after reading comments some bros & sisters said internet helped thm with there deen,studying islam,dawah ETC.....but every pic have 2 sides,i will go with more NO bcz in the Prophet Muhammad pbuh time waz internet available to spread Islam?Prophet pbuh & companions even women of tht time sufferd & left their houses to spread deen!!!its excuse tht v cannot go out,2nd some bros & sisters said v learn alot!!i will go did prophet & companions learned like tht?v go to school college university to become doctor lawer ETC but wen time comes to study islam v say internet why dont v go to Islamic institute......internet confuses more bcz there is no proper guidance wt to follow?i mean wt if i do go to youtube & watch lecture and another video of imam differs from it?the muftis & imam from my point of view became knowledgeable bcz thy gave their lift time to learn Islam!!i dnt want to be rude ask forgivness frm Allah n all of youz tht wen v hv any problem v come on internet or forum & tell our problems.1st of all me n other ppl will go to other websites & will copy the fatwas & will paste here when 1st MYSELF & others hv wt so ever no knowledge about tht!!is this not the sign of judgment day tht ppl will go to illiterate person for advice....is ALLAH QURAN or Mosques are faraway frm us for knowledge or advice?my biggest question is wt if one of us gave wrong advice & tht person follows it.wt answer r face v will show to Allah?Another matter regarding the Internet which is associated with the preconditions of the Hour is the saying of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, as in the book of Imaam Ibn Hibbaan, may Allaah have mercy upon him:LYING WILL SPREAD A liar will be punished in his grave by having his face ripped down to his rectum, because of how his lies spread among people. Nowadays, one can lie and publish this on the Internet, and it would spread from the east to the west in an instant.then on internet v do chatting?is tht allowed wen clearly Most scholars agree that it is haram to talk informally online with the opposite sex, because, first of all, Islam prohibits friendship between men and women who are not mahrems, and, secondly, because of the great harm that may result from it. It is not permissible for any man to correspond with a woman who is not his mahram, because of the fitnah (temptation) involved in that. A person may think that there is no fitnah, but the Shaytaan will keep trying until he or she tempts him. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded those who heard of the Dajjaal to keep away from him, and said that a man may approach him as a believer, but the Dajjaal will keep trying until he leads him astray!!!.my opinion is if v have to learn,guidance clearly there r other ways then internet!!I HOPE U ALL SISTERS & BROS WONT BE OFFENDED........make duaa ALLAH ALMIGHTY SHOULD GUIDE US AMIN
 
The problem is there is different sects in islam now and they are promoting there beliefs around u.k or what ever country you might be living in and they target uneducated people and say that the prophet mohammad (saw) practiced this when in fact it could be lies. how can a certain person know whether they are telling the truth or not? this is also signs of judgement day. people need access to internet to learn so they can not be mis informed. internet is important. you need to study the deen yourself and not blindly follow some one and what there teaching you without proper interpretations from sunnah and holy Qur'an.
 
cat eyes said:
The problem is there is different sects in islam now and they are promoting there beliefs . how can a certain person know whether they are telling the truth or not?people need access to internet to learn so they can not be mis informed. internet is important. you need to study the deen yourself and not blindly follow some one and what there teaching you without proper interpretations from sunnah and holy Qur'an.
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1st of all SISTER u say u learn alot can u answer tht chatting is haram in Islam so wht v r doing here on forums?shwing our emotions to anybody can fall for them 2nd did u learned Quran r prayer through internet as i said m not totally against internet but questions u raised hv no base!!ppl also prompt their believe on internet so nobody cannot say intenet is pure can find so many fatwas which differs from each other on internet!!!if there r diferent sect & ppl are worried so why thy dnt search out as to collect n for authenticity of 1 single hadith ppl traveled for years!!!did thy had internet???majority wen ppl use internet thy open 3 r 4 web pages 2gether!u r not concentrating on 1 thing!!k nw tmrw if anybody want to memorize Quran so he or she should use internet??u said intenet is important to learn the deen urself.v will start frm basic,if anybody want to learn Quran should he r she go to internet?the imams & muftis learned the deen frm internet?if anybody who have to learn the deen themselves so whats the point of opening Islamic institutes r going to mosque?why it comes on Islam tht v r learning from internet why anybody dnt say i want to become lawyer,doctor from internet?as i said everybody have there on opinion so no point replying hope didn offended u sister
 
Internet is considered a great way and source for learning especially when we know well how to use according to our islamic rules and It is very important for women who cannot go to mosque or to islamic institutes to learn and there are many like that
 
Serdar said:
no...internet is garbage.
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Agreed,


but it has become the primary means of communication for those of us who live a days travel from the closest city and nearly 2 days travel to get to the nearest Muslim neighbor.


A telephone is also garbage if all it is used for is to answer calls from telemarketers, an automobile is also garbage if all you use it for is going to places of fitnah, a book is garbage if all you read is trash.
 
Greetings, Dew of paradise, and welcome to the LI forum.

If you feel so strongly about the evils and the fitnah of Internet forums, then can I politely ask you what you are doing here?
I hope you don't mind my question. I mean no offense, and I am simply curious.

Salaam
 
dew of paradise said:
1st of all SISTER u say u learn alot can u answer tht chatting is haram in Islam so wht v r doing here on forums?shwing our emotions to anybody can fall for them 2nd did u learned Quran r prayer through internet as i said m not totally against internet but questions u raised hv no base!!ppl also prompt their believe on internet so nobody cannot say intenet is pure can find so many fatwas which differs from each other on internet!!!if there r diferent sect & ppl are worried so why thy dnt search out as to collect n for authenticity of 1 single hadith ppl traveled for years!!!did thy had internet???majority wen ppl use internet thy open 3 r 4 web pages 2gether!u r not concentrating on 1 thing!!k nw tmrw if anybody want to memorize Quran so he or she should use internet??u said intenet is important to learn the deen urself.v will start frm basic,if anybody want to learn Quran should he r she go to internet?the imams & muftis learned the deen frm internet?if anybody who have to learn the deen themselves so whats the point of opening Islamic institutes r going to mosque?why it comes on Islam tht v r learning from internet why anybody dnt say i want to become lawyer,doctor from internet?as i said everybody have there on opinion so no point replying hope didn offended u sister
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i don't step foot outside of my home to learn deen because there is more bad then good out there. people prompt there beliefs everywhere im aware of that but at least you can get a full understanding on the internet of what to follow. even the scholars of peace t.v have opened online universities for muslims wanting to study. can you honestly say that they are doing wrong or that they don't know anything about the deen?or all the muslims around the world should go straight to medina and enroll in the university there? lol also there is no certain islamic classes available in certain countries even you should know this. there might be mosques but they do not do any courses. did Allah make this religion easy or did he make it difficult? we should be thankful that what our early generations did for us ALHAMDULILAH i know what imam bukhari suffered even to find one hadith subhanAllah now its available to us so easily over the internet so shouldn't we be thankful really?

also about the forum issue. i come on here to help people and meet new muslimah's and this is truly my intention and Allah knows my intention. its not for you or anybody else to say that i am or anyone else is doing wrong in that. let Allah swt be the judge. if he knows our intention is good, we will not be punished for that.
 
Woodrow said:
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Agreed,


but it has become the primary means of communication for those of us who live a days travel from the closest city and nearly 2 days travel to get to the nearest Muslim neighbor.


A telephone is also garbage if all it is used for is to answer calls from telemarketers, an automobile is also garbage if all you use it for is going to places of fitnah, a book is garbage if all you read is trash.
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Salam
I think for sure there are positive usage of internet, as you mentioned comminicating...i also think that the negative impact on users is much more the the positive.
 
Serdar said:
Salam
I think for sure there are positive usage of internet, as you mentioned comminicating...i also think that the negative impact on users is much more the the positive.
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True many people do not use it as a necessity and use it more as a toy. But, in the early days of the telephone that was also true for the telephone. when I was a young boy in the 1940s telephones were still a novelty and we played on them very much like youngster of today play on the internet

But when the novelty fades it will have the chance of being a tool and no longer a toy
 
glo said:
Greetings, Dew of paradise, and welcome to the LI forum.

If you feel so strongly about the evils and the fitnah of Internet forums, then can I politely ask you what you are doing here?
I hope you don't mind my question. I mean no offense, and I am simply curious.

Salaam
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Sorry this is my last post here as actually i m sister<female>i lost my husband cz of this internet addiction & chatting with non mehram men!!!i use to sit for hours & hours & send messages even i was watching Islamic videos bt i waz more in to chat & not in marriage life!!!1 day i left my husband n went to my parents house n i start using internet there n fall for sumbody n i thought he is a good muslim n will help me with my deen n some how my husband found n he don't want me any more bak!!!!later i found tht guy waz also drama n nw i lost my husband who gave me advices bt i never listened to him.sorry for all ths......m gona close my account thanks
 
Salaam, Aeikum,

So sorry to hear about your loss Uchti. May you find peace. You don't need to close your account though.
:-(
 
dew of paradise said:
Sorry this is my last post here as actually i m sister<female>i lost my husband cz of this internet addiction & chatting with non mehram men!!!i use to sit for hours & hours & send messages even i was watching Islamic videos bt i waz more in to chat & not in marriage life!!!1 day i left my husband n went to my parents house n i start using internet there n fall for sumbody n i thought he is a good muslim n will help me with my deen n some how my husband found n he don't want me any more bak!!!!later i found tht guy waz also drama n nw i lost my husband who gave me advices bt i never listened to him.sorry for all ths......m gona close my account thanks
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Please don't close your account on account of my post, Dew of Paradise. I did not mean to drive you away from this forum. :embarrass

I am very sorry to hear about your loss, and I can understand better now why you feel so negative about Internet forums.
I know what you mean about putting your husband and marriage before the Internet community. I too have to listen to my husband, because he tells me when he feels I am spending too much time in this forum.

On the other hand, once you have 300 posts you can apply to the sister's section. There you will find a safe place, where you can communicate with other muslimahs without having to mix with men.
There may also be other female only forums, where you could find support, friendship and information.

I pray your marriage will be restored and you will find peace and joy again.
 
as-salamu `alaykum !

The internet has been very beneficial for me ! I'm from France (from Paris) and without the Internet I would'nt be here now !!
It's very very interessant to talk with muslims all over the world.

Thank you all !!
 
learning about Islam for sure. without i would have never had the opportunity to talk to Musllims and would only know about Islam from what the paper says :(
 
Keeping contact around the world , sitting at home with almost any information inthe world in one second . Great to have internet. One problem: I step int o virus traps from time to time
 
Like some others here, I live quite far from any Muslims, so the internet has allowed me a place to learn about Islam (and other things). Not everything, nor everyone, on the internet is beneficial. Lots of things to stay away from. Lots of not so good people also. Also lots of good people. I have met some great people on the internet.
 
The use of the Internet offers a variety of benefits to everyone who is willing to use it. The enormous amount of information available and the many uses one can have through the internet have made it the most valuable tool in various settings of a person’s life.
so it has benefits but with good there is always cons
 

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