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so i had a think about how right it is for a Muslim to post pictures online, iâve looked through Qurâan and Sunnah and through several websites and iâve realised itâs very difficult for anyone to come to a strict conclusion about this because itâs not like we have a definite yes https://twitter.com/mervfidan/status/1260463670980677632
no answer from Qurâan and Sunnah, but for some aspects we definitely do have a no answer. for example:
-you cannot share pictures that show your mahram area. this is for women all of your body apart from your face and hands (some say foot too), and from men itâs navel to knee.
-you cannot share pictures that show your mahram area. this is for women all of your body apart from your face and hands (some say foot too), and from men itâs navel to knee.
could i also point out that if your account is private and only females to see, there are mahram areas too for example you canât show navel to knee between girls either. you might say âyeah but iâm a non-hijabi normallyâ yeah but you get the sin every time you go outside and
non-mahrams see you, imagine if you post it ONLINE, youâre allowing so many people to gaze at you and look at the areas AllÄh has forbidden you to show
-your intentions should NEVER be to impress non-mahrams nor should your intentions be filled with ego and arrogance. we all like
-your intentions should NEVER be to impress non-mahrams nor should your intentions be filled with ego and arrogance. we all like
we all like people, me too, but sharing pictures in order to impress them isnât right. you arenât meant to do things like that to impress people, when the time comes and you are at the age to get married then you can discuss marriage between families anyway- you posting pictures
to impress them will only put you down even more if you donât get what you want and then you will feel worthless, but also if you get what you want (the guy/girl) ,there will be built up ego inside of you where you will think âwow so i got her/him because of my looksâ and this
isnt right either. they should love you for the way you are normally when they see you, not how you post online
-as for arrogance, constantly posting pictures and getting compliments will make you feel better and better, to a point where you may think âwow iâm so much prettier
-as for arrogance, constantly posting pictures and getting compliments will make you feel better and better, to a point where you may think âwow iâm so much prettier
than othersâ and Allah does not like the arrogant person so please do not indulge in this mentality
-i believe what you are doing in the picture matters a lot too. letâs say you have the sea behind you and you are just smiling, that is very different to a picture with you close
-i believe what you are doing in the picture matters a lot too. letâs say you have the sea behind you and you are just smiling, that is very different to a picture with you close
up to the camera and pouting. some pictures will scream âattentionâ, others will have something else that the are trying to show and not just their face, if you understand what i mean? like the central point of attention shouldnât really be your face or your body etc, idk i think
if thereâs something else in the background like maybe a school or a mosque etc then at least the picture isnât trying to purely focus on you. iâve seen pictures where people just purely smile in front of other things, and iâve noticed it isnât as â attention seekingâ (couldnât
find the right word for it) as other pictures where you have to sit there thinking of poses, trying to pout, adjusting your hijab/hair, adding more and more make up to yourself to look better- the list is never ending!
-as for sharing pictures where there are many people, this is
-as for sharing pictures where there are many people, this is
wrong regardless of what part of you or where you are that you post. if everyone has access to these pictures you have no idea where it can end up. make sure you donât post pictures on a platform where everyone, or even people you donât fully know, have access to. they could use
those pictures for their own benefit, like lookin at them lustfully and getting sin, or even using them for their own pleasure in bed etc- people are capable of anything and girls that post pics will KNOW that this happens a lot and their pictures end up in unwanted places
-however it is also difficult to say only post where there are people you know. one day people love you, another day they might not- and they could use these pictures against you. once again, itâs difficult to say definitely yes or no, but iâm mentioning these just in case
can we all pls not forget that the more you post pictures and get compliments, the more you will want to do it. iâve noticed thereâs a big diff between a post with the mosque behind me or even the sea, or a pic where itâs purely just me posing in front of the camera
the compliments are also different, you get more compliments on the second one
the more you do stuff like this the more you will want to continue in order to get more attention, and this will add make up and showing more hair and ALL sorts of stuff to it, so protect yourselves!
the more you do stuff like this the more you will want to continue in order to get more attention, and this will add make up and showing more hair and ALL sorts of stuff to it, so protect yourselves!
now if i summarise what iâve seen from Qurâan and Sunnah, modesty is very important in Islam, and for us women and men to be protected from lustful gazes. now i thought to myself yesterday âbut if women show their face on islamic shows etc to give dawah, why canât i post selfiesâ
and another girl from twitter, may Allah bless her in both Worlds, reminded me that thereâs a very big difference between selfies and just spreading dawah. for example i havr an islamic account where i make vidĂ©os talking about our religion, i doubt anyone would look at that
and think âwow gorgeousâ LOL itâs quite a series video and a serious facial expression!!!
but then you look at a picture i takeof myself where i pose and try to look nice, that will obviously get more attention because of the fact that you are posing
but then you look at a picture i takeof myself where i pose and try to look nice, that will obviously get more attention because of the fact that you are posing
and if iâm honest i believe the element of modesty goes away at that point. because you are trying to show off yourself, or trying to beautify yourself, regardless of make up or none, and this is against the idea of modesty and humility that we learn in Islam
so iâve looked carefully at pictures where men compliment me, and pictures where they donât. believe me this is a RARE OCCASION LOOOOL which iâm thankful for x but not yet 2 be seen i have been complimented for a pic of me in front of a mosque, by girl or guy
i always remember someone i knew quite well, i would say to them âhow come i never get any compliments from guys? all the other girls doâ (this was a long time ago) and they said âhow do you expect them to compliment you when thereâs a whole mosque in the back of your picâ
and they were right LOL! most of my pictures is me with a mosque or a view behind me, and iâm not wearing any make up or anything, in most you canât even see my face! just my body (as in my dress- love my dresses), and why would anyone compliment that in a lustful way?
as i said this is a difficult topic to come to a firm conclusion about because we arenât given a strict yes or no answer. but donât forget that whatâs so important here is 3 things:
-protect yourself
-preserve your modesty
-keep your heart free from ego and arrogance
-protect yourself
-preserve your modesty
-keep your heart free from ego and arrogance
can i also jus say ppl always focus on âcan women post pictures onlineâ but um hello who said men showing off their beauty online was good? girls may look at you in a lustful way, or in a way with evil eye. this thread goes for BOTH girls and boys- nothings to say men donât have
the hijab and need to preserve their modesty, and free themselves from any ego
so iâve decided to delete pictures where i pose, and keep the ones where the central focus is not me, and also i shall not post myself on platforms like this where everyone can see
so iâve decided to delete pictures where i pose, and keep the ones where the central focus is not me, and also i shall not post myself on platforms like this where everyone can see
