What is the ruling on adding women to WhatsApp and Telegram groups?

Question:

What’s the ruling on adding women into the groups on WhatsApp and Telegram to benefit from the lessons of the scholars and students of knowledge?

Answer:

Don’t give the women these phones may Allah bless you, give her books to read and teach her

As for a phone for her to contact whoever she wants, a phone which doesn’t have these things, no wrongdoing can come to her or these things then give her, there’s no harm upon her, the affair is easy.

These touch screen phones, by Allah I see that what takes precedence is leaving this, keep these away from the women and other than them, whoever has the ability to stay away from it he does so.

These lessons are spread on the websites and printed also, whatever is easy for her she takes it, and what’s better is that women be with women, because she could hear words from this one and that one, and she could hear what will busy her from what she is upon.

Answered by: Shaykh, the Allamah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu Abdirrahman Yahya bin Ali Al-Hajuri – may Allah preserve him

Source: https://t.me/sh_yahia_duroos/13279

Translated by: Abu ‘Abdillaah ‘Omar bin Yahyaa Al-‘Akawi