Abstract

Social networks are cyberspaces that are directed at establishing and reflecting the inter-personal social relations and the users can easily make use of such social networks as Telegram and Instagram via their own mobile phones. Social and communication networks serve two functions. Reasonable and safe use of such media can cause every society to progress and the unreasonable and unhealthy use of such media can bring about social and cultural disorders and waste the users’ precious time. Jurisprudence, as the underlying premise of our statutory provisions, puts forth a clear-cut answer for such an issue. These media are exemplarily considered as Deviant Books and the verdicts addressing the issues pertaining to Deviant Books can be also applied thereto. Jurisprudence both forbids and permits the application of the social media. That is because social networks originally are in no contradiction with the undoubted religion of Islam and they are in whole recounted as a phenomenon that provide for an easier way of communication between the people and that eventually they enable more awareness. And, the Islamic government can also adopt purposive management methods to minimize the social harms resulting thereof.