I scrolled through my phone. Boring! I thought. So, I went through the few messages I had and made sure to reply to each message before I forgot. I tossed my phone aside. Gone were the days when the simple thought of being online excited me. These days na my diary get the gist.
"Wayyo Allah na!"
Baddiya screamed, her phone in hand. My head almost fell off my neck out of fear before it crossed my mind. She was probably just being dramatic. Of all my friends Baddiya was the most dramatic of them all. Hands down, she takes the crown. People have called me dramatic too after all birds of a feather flock together. But I doubt it. A gentle girl like me.
Then, she started to cry. She still had her phone in her hand but she was staring at something in it like her life depended on it.
"Is everything alright?"
I asked, as I walked up behind her and snatched the phone before she could protest. I looked at the screen and I wanted to throw up. Here was a part of my friend that I had never seen. I wish I could rewind time or at least purge my eyes of what I saw.
Now, this brings me to this question. Should you expose a sin committed in hidden especially when the subject portrays themselves in better light or should you conceal their secrets while you admonish them in private?
We live now, in an era where people are quick to bring their affairs or that of others to the public without thinking about the consequences of such actions.
Here are useful links to fatwas I read and watch while browsing this topic.
Posts
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.islamweb.net/amp/en/fatwa/370801/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/islamqa.info/amp/en/answers/3365
Videos
https://youtu.be/2QBiRj9D99U
https://youtu.be/OnhhLae93Qw
The short story above is a Ramadan inspired fiction.
May Allah guide us aright, may He forgive our sins and give us the strength to do what is right always. Aamin.
A ku ongbe (Yoruba). A sha ruwa lafiya! (Hausa)
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