What Does One Do After Having Sent Explicit Images on a Chat? 


Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel

Question

If a person sent some bad images on a chat but then repented, do they need to tell the other people not to look at them?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

Yes, you should tell the other person to delete the images and ask forgiveness from him that you will stop from now. Also, you should continue repenting from the sin and pray to Allah (Most High) for forgiveness, guidance, and divine success in the future.

Religion is of two parts. One is refraining from disobedience, and the other is the performance of acts of obedience. The first is more important and serious.

Everyone can obey, but only the truly sincere can abandon their desires. The Prophet of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “the true emigrant is the one who abandons evil, and the true warrior is the one who fights his passions.” [Hakim, Mustadrak]

We pray to Allah (Most High] to make us actual emigrants who abandon evil and warriors who fight against sin and desires, Amin

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I pray this helps with your question.

[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan and Turkey.

He started his early education in UK. He went onto complete hifz of Qur’an in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then travelled to Karachi, Pakistan.

He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching 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 UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.