Opinion: COVID-19: Dangers Of Spreading Fake News and Blind-Following Religious Speakers, By Murtadha Gusau
If the forward mentions a news source, check the news source yourself. Use the search engine on their site or Google the headline. If you don’t get a hit, it is likely fake.If the forward contains wild or miraculous claims, it is very likely fake, so don’t forward it unless it contains a link to a legitimate news site.If a religious reference, ruling, or a set of Du’as is given, then check the Imam or scholar’s Facebook page or website to see if they have posted it there.
Further more the most dangerous aspect of Taqlid shakhsi is, as Abul Hassan Ubaid Kharkhi writes that: We are not saying that a person can’t use any scholar or his books for understanding Islam, we are merely trying to point out that don’t follow any scholar or Imam blindly, especially in what we are witnessing today, in this time of global coronavirus pandemic.
Dear servants of Allah, know that, blind following refers to following a person when the instructions are clearly not in accordance with Qur’an and Sunnah. To do so is a form of shirk, because at its core is a denial of a part of the Revelation, and to deny a single verse of Revelation is to deny it all.
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