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Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
Asalam-u-Alikum-wa-rehmatullahi-wa-barakatahu..~!
Jazak Allah Khair Brother for all
My question is...My sister is very disturbed & frustrated nowadays due to
some matters..u can say it is a physcatric problem that she doen't want to
share yet she want the other person to know her prob. She has a personal
diary..I wanna ask u that to know her problem or what she thinks..to help her
out..Can i read her diary and help her only with this intention.....Or as its
her personal i should not...Hope my question is clear...
jazak Allah Khair
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Answer:
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letters
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 49 Surah
Hujuraat verses 12-13:
12 O ye who believe! Avoid
suspicion as much (as possible): for suspicion in some cases is a sin: and
spy not on each other nor speak ill of each other behind their
backs. Would any of you like to eat the
flesh of his dead brother? Nay ye would abhor it...but fear Allah: for Allah is
Oft-Returning Most Merciful.
13 O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a
female and made you into nations and tribes that ye may know each other (not
that ye may despise each other). Verily
the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous
of you. And Allah has full knowledge and
is well acquainted (with all things).
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 1480 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘He who sees the
(personal) letter of his brother without his permission, sees Hell-fire!’
In light of the above absolutely clear guidance of Allah
and His Messenger (saws), in normal circumstances it is not permissible and an abhorred and
detestable act in the Sight of Allah for one to read the private letters or
diaries of another without their precise permission and consent.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
