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but what my aqaal says , I write it.

And therein lies a great danger. As the saying goes in English; "think before you speak". That saying applies even more so in Islam and to a Muslim than it does to anyone else.

SCHOLARS who spend their entire lives studying one specific branch of the deen are still often apprehensive to comment on many things... they often tell you "oh brother I gotta research that a little bit and get back to you" for things which are seemingly so 'simple' especially for people of their caliber. Why? Because they don't want to say the wrong thing and set off a chain reaction for which they will be held accountable.

For example, what if I'm a Muslim who goes online trying to see if it's permissible for me to take a certain medicine, because it contains pork, alcohol, or some other weird ingredient which I never heard of. So I go and Google away and I come across this thread on SF, where I skim over all the posts because they seem irrelevant, but then your post quoted below catches my eye:

Well I don't know of any medicine that contains alcohol in large amounts...Secondly , most people don't look at the "ingredients" of the medicine. Doctor prescribes them a medicine and they go and buy it from the store and take it. Secondly , medicine is medicine...it is suppose to treat you and thats it! No "halal" , "haram" in it. Please don't make deen THAT hard ...it sounds ridiculous ! Keep in mind that I'm a Muslim who lives in the middle of nowhere, I don't have access to scholars, nor was I ever 'taught' to always seek answers from scholars and take whatever anyone else says with a grain of salt. I read your post and go "oh ok, well that makes sense, so I should be fine taking this medicine then". I go and start taking this medicine. I then teach my friends, family, kids, etc, the same 'fatwa'. Any time they have a question about the permissibility of all these weird medications... I jump up and say "oh don't worry, I researched this issue and it's fine, you can take it because medicine is medicine, it is supposed to treat you and that's it, No "halal" or "haram" in it." I even start 'stretching' this research into other areas, such as food etc, and start telling people "yeah yeah don't worry, I researched it online, trust me you can eat this", etc. I take your comment "Please don't make deen THAT hard ...it sounds ridiculous !" and start applying it to many areas of my life. I start neglecting salat, stop reading Quran, start going to clubs, drinking, smoking... you name it... why? Because every time I'm about to do something which I shouldn't do, your quote flashes in mind and shaytaan tells me "it's ok go ahead" so I go ahead and do it. If you think that sounds extreme, then think again.

Now I have several people committing haram acts, who are in turn teaching their families, friends, and kids; who are in turn teaching more people, and the vicious cycle continues (for generations and generations). It all started from the one post I read on SF by you. Now you're collecting tons upon tons of sin into your account, without even knowing it. You could have prevented it simply by watching what you're saying. Same goes towards what you were saying in the other thread (the one about masturbation), that "stop listening to music, stop watching tv, etc etc" are not "real solutions" and what not. What if someone reads that and it makes sense to them, so they let themselves loose and become addicted to music, movies, and all the filthy 'entertainment' which is out there today? They stop making salat, become involved in huge sins, etc etc, all because of what you said in your post. How would you feel about that and how will you answer to that in the hereafter? That's not specific to you but even more so to me and others as well I'm sure, because we all say things, even if unintentionally, which can give people completely wrong ideas. May Allah protect us all, Ameen.

Though I am a nobody myself who knows nothing so forgive me if whatever I'm saying is coming across as arrogant or something, but it's still my responsibility to try to educate you on this. Don't say things in regards to the deen if you don't 100% know what you're talking about, and even then be extremely careful as far as the words you use, what you say, and how you say it. Leave it to the scholars. This is one area where it is most definitely better to be safe than sorry. Especially on the internet, whatever you post can stay there for years and years, possibly decades and even more, so we better be 1000% utterly careful to make sure no one ends up doing the wrong thing or getting the wrong idea because of something we posted.

Lastly, I would suggest for you (and anyone) to watch this video by Nouman Ali Khan called "Intellectual Humility - A Message for Facebook Sheikhs" (less than 10 min long).

I won't debate this back and forth with you so this will probably be my last post to you regarding this matter. You can take it for what it's worth or laugh it off. Please forgive me if I said anything wrong and ask Allah to forgive me as well.