Beguiled by media?

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O you who believe! If a Fasiq (liar-evil person) comes to you with any news, verify it, lest you should harm people in ignorance, and afterwards you become regretful for what you have done.        
                                                                                                                                                                 (Al-Hujurat: 6)

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Anonymous said…
SubhanAllah!

And yet we do not take heed!
10:31 PM
M Umer Toor said…
THe moment I finished the ayah my heart proclaimed: SubhanAllah!

JazakAllah!
4:10 PM
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