Her relative disclosed her personal questions she had sent to the scholars

3-3-2009 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalam wa allykum,
please answer very soon.
in a family if a person do not want to disclose her matters or problems to any one but she sends the question to scholar for solution and accidently her relative come across it (from computer history)and reads the entire question even though it was mentioed in the first line of the question to the answerer "not to publish".what is the ruling on such person?
what is the ruling if the person say to the parents or anyone,claimimg to the questioner that how can you write this or do this.you wrote of your thoughts (not reality)? pls answer very soon. as soon as possible .
may Allah reward you

---

Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

 

It is permissible for a woman to ask the scholars who are trustworthy in their religion through the internet and Islamic sites, but it is not permissible to anyone to deliberately read what she does not want anyone to read, and whoever accidentally reads that, he is obliged not to spread those questions and not to inform her family without her consent, especially that a woman may have some issues which she feels ashamed to ask directly or inform her family about. Concealing the faults of people is Islamicly required, and whoever conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allaah will conceal his faults. However, it is not permissible to look for the faults of Muslims.

For more benefit, please refer to Fataawa 92655 and 88595

Allaah Knows best.