FatwaFederal TerritoriesQuran & Hadith
BAYAN LINNAS SIRI KE-36: JANGAN AMBIL ILMU DARIPADA INTERNET
Is it acceptable to take religious knowledge directly from the internet without consulting teachers or authorities?
Short answer
This Bayan Linnas advises against taking religious knowledge from unidentified internet sources that lack genuine references grounded in the Quran and hadith.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Bayan Linnas
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
This Bayan Linnas advises against taking religious knowledge from unidentified internet sources that lack genuine references grounded in the Quran and hadith. Much online material is unsound, weak or fabricated, including hadiths already ruled false by trusted scholars. The public should verify news (tabayyun), consider the narrator and purpose of information, and refer to authoritative bodies such as muftis' offices and departments on legal rulings.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “BAYAN LINNAS SIRI KE-36: JANGAN AMBIL ILMU DARIPADA INTERNET”, 6 October 2015. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/bayan-linnas/1817-3. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/do-not-take-religious-knowledge-from-internet/