Will AI Chatbots Have the Same Consequence As An Adulterer?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
It’s been a viral phenomenon of people creating AI programs where customizable characters could be made so they could be used in sexual role-play. What is the ruling on this? Would someone who does this act in such role-play receive the same consequence as an adulterer?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
It will not have the same consequences as an adulterer. However, anyone who introduces, creates, and uses these programs and characters as such will be very sinful.
As a Muslim, it is important to avoid engaging in immoral obsessions, especially those that can have a negative impact on our faith and physical and emotional well-being. The potential harms of using online programs are countless, regardless of whether they are AI-generated or not. The purpose behind such content is the same, and the harms that can result from it are equally destructive, if not more.
Calling Others to Sin
The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Whoever calls to guidance, then he receives the reward similar to the reward of whoever follows him, without that diminishing anything from their rewards. And whoever calls to misguidance, then he receives of sin similar to the sins of those who followed him, without that diminishing anything from their sins.” [Tirmidhi]
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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
