Assalamualaikum. Warahmatullah my brothers and
sisters a few days ago. I received an email from a
brother telling me that his sister had contracted
coronavirus covid-19 and she passed away a few days earlier.
May Allah give her genital ferdos.
May Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala Grant her the high and lofty
Rank and make it easy for her family.
The matter he raised was that she had a presence online on
tick-tock. In particular where she did some
silly things and she was just as a teenager, she did some
embarrassing things as well and now that she's passed on, they
feels she would not have liked that type of a legacy.
She wouldn't have liked those embarrassing short videos to be
something that she's remembered for.
So they tried to get it deleted but unfortunately they couldn't
they say they've contacted Tick-Tock and whoever else to
try and help them but The with no joy.
Now the point I want to raise is simple.
My brother's my sister's my beloved children when we use
social media, use it in a way that if you were to die.
For some reason, you would not be embarrassed about the content
that you have put out there. Sometimes people do silly things
just to gain a following. Sometimes people do that which
is very embarrassing at times. Even unacceptable in Order to
gain the attention of people. If that is the case, ask
yourself. Would I be embarrassed?
If this thing were to remain after I have died?
And definitely that would guide you as a Believer, we should do
that, which is good, we should do that, which is not
embarrassing. If we were to die and even if we
did not die but we need to be much more responsible when it
comes to the use of social media, who would like a legacy
to be left after them of that which is not good.
So my brothers and sisters, I thought perhaps this very short
message, would inspire you to be much more responsible when it
comes to Media may Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala grant us a
good lesson. I pray for the sister who's
passed on. I'm sure the almighty with all
his mercy and kindness, would definitely look at her with the
eyes of Mercy. But at the same time, we also
pray for the family through these very difficult days.
With people messaging them some with very bad messages yet, it's
not their fault at all, this could have happened to anyone.
Let's use social media in a very responsible way and ask the
almighty to grant us. A death when he is pleased with
us. Thank you so much for listening.
Just a Kamala Harris. Assalamu alaikum, warahmatullahi
wabarakatuh.