Digital citizenship in the balance of Isla

Abstract

The research consists of an introduction to the problem of research: "What is the relationship between digital citizenship and Islamic Shari'a?" The researcher answered this question and clarified the close relationship between the two subjects through the presentation of texts from the Quran, the Sunnah and the statements of scholars about the close relation between digital citizenship and Islamic Shari'a. The research includes nine chapters, detailed in the list of contents of the researcher's proposal. The most prominent results are:

1/ The interconnectedness between digital citizenship and Islamic Shari'a, as Islamic Shari'a does not leave a topic without a detailed statement.

2/ The importance of staying within the bounds specified in the provisions of digital websites and applications and not breaking them.

3/ Digital communication has legitimate etiquette guidelines that the user must follow and not violate.

4/ Digital trade and contracts has protocols, compliance to them is necessitated by Islamic law's.

5/ Digital culture has become a necessity for everyone that must be mastered in order for the user to be able to handle his or her own affairs by himself/herself without relying on others.