Is It Sinful to Have Sexual Conversations with an AI Chatbot Acting as a Spouse?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is it sinful to engage in sexual conversations with an AI chatbot designed to act like a wife, even if it has no images? If so, is it a major or minor sin? Can the chatbot be used for normal conversation instead?
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.
Engaging in sexual conversations with an AI chatbot designed to simulate a wife is sinful, even if it does not involve images. The degree of sin may start as minor but can lead to major, depending on how frequently and severely it is used.
Persisting in Sin
If one persists in committing a minor sin until it becomes a part of one’s lifestyle and does not repent, then it would be deemed a major sin since that indicates little care and concern about one’s religious practice. [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar; Ibn Nujaym, Fath al-Ghaffar Sharh al-Manar]
No Sin too Major, No Sin too Minor
Sa‘id ibn Jubayr (Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man said to Ibn ‘Abbas (Allah be pleased with him), “How many major sins are there? Are they seven?” Ibn ‘Abbas said, “They are closer to seven hundred than only seven, yet no sin is too enormous if forgiveness is sought, and no sin is too minor if committed stubbornly.” [Tafsir al-Ṭabari and mentioned by Ibn al-Muflih in al-Adab al-Shar‘iyya, grading it as authentic]
Avoid Obsessions
As a Muslim, it is important to avoid immoral obsessions that can harm our faith and physical and emotional well-being. Using online programs can be very harmful, whether or not the content is generated by AI. The reasons behind such content are often the same, and the resulting harms can be just as damaging, if not more so.
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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.
