الأحكام الفقهية المتعلقة بترويج الشائعات

الملخص EN

Rumors of ancient social phenomena the foot of mankind, and therefore warned of Islamic law, it carries great danger to individuals and societies, and of sedition among people, Misleading public opinion, spreading fear and anxiety among members of society, it's just because the speed and ease of its spread and their impact on people.

Its risk increases in the times of crisis, war, and revolutions.

Hence the need for knowing the attitude of the divine law towards it increases, and for the juridical rules of spreading rumors.

The purpose of the research is to clarify the concept of rumor, show its types, indicate the danger of rumors to society, detail the legitimate provision for the dissemination of rumors of various kinds, indicate which citizen may legitimately propagate rumors, and finally to indicate the penalties of promoters common in the law and in the information crime system in Saudi Arabia.

One of the most important findings of the research is the concept of rumors that is presented in news or a collection of false news that spreads rapidly in society and get common in public regardless of being true or untrue and to be from a reliable or unreliable source.

The weakness of religious conscience and ignoring the small sins in souls at this time has helped to spread and promote rumors, so Islamic law has made rumors of forbidden crimes religious and judicially criminalized.