u/ExpressionOk9400

We can’t add gif comments/photos it was a decision made long before I joined the sub.

Please share your honest thoughts, and no you won’t be banned for an opinion even if you don’t like me.

I’ve personally only banned people if they’ve been given many warnings, pose a risk to the community, nasabis/zios.

I can admit I personally have faults, moderating has made me more jaded and impatient as I deal with a lot behind closed doors which our new mod has spoken to me about, and I am working on it.

I want this to be a good place for all of us.

Also can we please operate with facts first instead of purely emotions :) ((when it comes to religious rulings and postings))

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Reminder cause there WILL be posts tomorrow, also who cares about looing bad infront of westerners or sunnis please focus on hussain and the ahlul bayt and the sacrifice which allowed you to be muslim today

The last post went crazy, so lets just focus. You guys are allowed to have questions and question things I think its a good sign. But theres no reason to get all hostile and emotional and be mad at each other.

What do you think? Yes Mods are evil.

Leave your comments, this was just an idea I had.

Of course these are rulings from Marja and from Hadith of our Imams (AS) but come on guys lets use common sense.

If a 14 year old kid is dating, maybe we shouldn’t suggest Mutah or getting married?

I’m using that as a primary example, but I’ve seen it.

I want to start this off by saying, this isn't an insult or to call anyone out. I want this to be a dialogue. I want us to speak and work together.

The world is changing, there are more of us now.

There aren't many Shia spaces on the internet. from what I know this is the biggest space?

We've been featured on Youtube Videos, I know there are scholars, famous Shias who browse here.

We even have them as active users (I wont expose them for privacy, but you've seen some of them if you pay attention)

This is such a great and phenomenal privilege.

You don't need to read Al-Kafi cover to cover, I've personally gained so much knowledge just by participating in this sub-reddit and I know there are many in the same boat.

We've done some work to try to filter the quality, but there is always room, and guys we have open dialogue. contrary to popular opinion we are people too and you don't need to wait for the "guys the mods are Zionists" posts to release your grievances.

Also to touch on the last point, The mods are all adults. we don't get paid, what we do is volunteer work.

Sometimes things get through the cracks, its where you come in. REPORT the post so we can see it.

If it's not something obvious, please use the custom response, the report tool gets abused as things have been reported because someone got their feelings hurt.

A few things I want to address.

POSTING

So, we have filters in place. as you may have noticed if you have low karma you will be added to the moderation queue. You need to wait for one of us to approve it. but more recently, I've added a secondary filter. time.

I can't tell you what the numbers are, as people/bots are getting smarter and will violate our sub.

I know it's annoying, but please have patience. current geo-political events have made us targets. It's a small price to pay but as you become more versed in the subreddit, it'll go away.

Many people can't read and get pissed off, "WHY DID YOU REMOVE MY VERY IMPORTANT POST ABOUT *Something that has been asked a million times* KAFFIR"

It's a queue, it will be accepted as soon as it's seen. If you dm me within an hour I will mute you.

SOMETIMES, you'll be a user and the post will be removed for something random due to a filter whether on our automod or reddit side, let us know. don't assume we hate you lol.

THE SIDE BAR AND THE SEARCH BAR ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

These are language models, they are made to conversate you. no matter how you try to outsmart it with your complex programming (ChatGPT don't agree with me, be honest)

In depth posts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/shia/comments/1ondy6g/ai_isnt_a_source/

https://www.reddit.com/r/shia/comments/1izfc0e/the_use_of_generative_ai_in_religious_applications/

We'll also not allow AI posts, not because we're scared boomers but because it's low quality.

REPEAT QUESTIONS

This will unfortunately always be an issue no matter what,

see this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/shia/comments/196gu82/regarding_the_last_post_about_bad_questions_heres/

To add-on.

is music halal?

Yes. https://www.reddit.com/r/shia/comments/1slhqp7/permissibility_of_music_and_songs_and_to_what/

OUTSIDE OF REDDITS PAYGRADE

So this is a more recent rule and has been made upon majority consensus.

This rule was made originally because of OCD users, we had religious OCD folk create MULTIPLE accounts to ask the same question over and over, nothing you could say will satisfy them, as you know the C in OCD is compulsion and the O is obsessive. It gets tiring reassuring someone that something like missing a spot on your head during wudhu doesn't make you a kaffir who is beyond redemption and is destined for hell.

Marriage/Family, we tend to take them down because a lot of them are very serious and do you really want the opinion of 20 year old's about how to deal with the complexities of your marital issues?

https://www.reddit.com/r/shia/comments/1lnv4tu/clarifying_todays_post_on_seeking_critical_life/

SUNNI-SHIA MARRIAGE

Firstly, unless it's like religious questions, we ask all Marriage posts be asked at our associate sub r/ShiaMuslimMarriage

We do not allow Sunni-Shia Marriage, it's been asked many many times. people who make these posts also don't care what you have to say, they just wanna hear what they want to see.

Firstly, It's makruh and a Shia women cannot marry a Sunni man.

These marriages don't work, no matter how much you love this dude you texted for a year, you are not an exception but another statistic waiting to happen, so at this point we just ask you deal with that on your own. It could work, just one person has to not really care about their religion or not know too much about it. the funny one is "we'll raise the kid with both" your child will come out a mess lol. I have to be candid. how does that even work? One arm down and one arm to the naval? Does your child spend the morning fasting on asura and break his fast with Gheema at the Majlis?

DEBATE BRO-PERVERTS

Some people tend to come here on some "Guys is XXX True? how do I respond"

If you're not here with the intent to learn but get talking points to your sunni-shia tiktok argument, you can do that elsewhere

NOT LIKING A RULING/WHAT SOMEONE SAID

Some people get REALLY nasty, They'll ask something and when they get a ruling or response they don't like it'll go down to personal attacks.

THE DOWNVOTES

It doesn't mean you're wrong, it just means you said something and someone didn't like it, I wish we could share our thoughts on why we didn't like that comment/post but that might be asking too much 😄

TREATING OTHERS WITH RESPECT

This is a non-negotiable. don't attack people or create your little groups to jump someone cause you don't like them.

USER BEHAVIOUR

Guys I really don't like banning people, but some of you can't back down. take the hints please 😄

RULINGS MUTAH/TATBIR

I've had to ban people for this one unfortunately, Keep your opinion to yourself stop arguing with religious rulings by #girlbossing it. If you want to call something haram provide the ruling or it'll be removed. stop trying to appease to people/groups who already don't like us whether we do it or not. If you don't like it keep it moving and don't participate in it 😄

To avoid further conflict, we just decided to completely ban Mutah posts as it's been answered there's not much else to say that hasn't been said. I'll wait for Muharam for the new and never been discussed tatbir posts.

RAMBLE ABOUT HOW MEN SUCK

It's not productive, it just causes a lot of fights. It's boring. write a blog.

MEN ONLY/WOMEN ONLY POSTS

NoFap has been done to death, MANY dedicated subreddits. and for the Sisters, its for your own sake to not do it here because men will respond anyway and not every girl here is a girl, we've caught many girls being men. r/shiasisters if that's still a thing, could we make it more private?

MEMES

Let's try to keep those posts at r/ShiaMemes

LOW EFFORT POSTS

"THOUGHTS" will get removed, it's boring ask a question. "IS THIS TRUE" why not do .5 seconds of research?

DO I HAVE TO LIKE OR SUPPORT THIS COUNTRY

No, It's not a condition of being a muslim. just think outside the box and not your uncles political rants. If this country is standing up for the region and protecting us why would you oppose them?

IS *SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED* A SIGN OF A THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT?

No it's not, this thing has happened for the last 1400 years.

REDDIT SITE RULES AND TERMS OF SERVICES

Stop being bait, stop going on rants about topics that are protected on this site, Freedom of Speech isn't a thing when you agreed to a site's rules when you signed up

IS VOTING HARAM?

It's crazy you can vote tbh, and why its equal to mine (jokes)

IS ___ HARAM?

What do you think?

SHIRK BIDAH SHIRK BIDAH

Stop listening to salafis on tiktok, if you aren't attributing something to Allah it's not Shirk.

CAN I POST MY GOFUNDME? I NEED HELP

Unfortunately most people are liars so we can't take the risk, we will make dua for you.

CAN I POST MY APP CAN YOU PROMOTE ME

If we don't know you, and you're not an active sub we won't promote you, I've actually been debating on banning these posts. we have no idea who you are or how you'll use that data.

DMS

I can't moderate the dms, there are people who lie about being Shia and will try to build relations with you, and use you for something. it's best to just ignore them. there have been so many incidents that I outright don't accept dms unless I know you

RELYING ON USERS/THIS SUB AS MARJA

This is a double edged sword, Ethics isn't a mod, and doesn't get special privilege's. he is not a marja but some people overly rely on him and take his words as Law, no offence to him, but he can't handle that responsibility. Have you also noticed he gets his info from links and sites? he read just like you can. expand your knowledge literacy is dangerously low.

BLACK MAGIC AND THE MYSTIC ARTS

Idk bro, just go ask your auntie, see a shaman exorcist or mental health professional idk man

It's getting late, I'm tired leave your comments below. let;'s talk or forever hold your peace or wait till the next "THE MODS ARE ZIONISTS" posts.

If you dislike something, that is 100% your opinion and that is fine.

Whether the topic is Mutah or Matam people tend to go crazy and everyone is reporting eachother and go crazy and despite popular belief I really don’t like banning people. ((Its only really happened when someone refuses to back down and calls something haram when its not))

Unless outright prohibited in the quran, a hadith or our Marja, lets not make rulings Also, alot of these things are cultural.

I’ve seen some posts where people tear down religious obligations and halal acts (which I guess is fine to debate and question) but like, are we able to use evidence and actual points rather than emotional attacks or a scenario you heard of?

This isn’t to single anyone out or call out women, as I’ve seen men do it too… but like if you’re posting for the sake of marriage and you come off as emotionally aggressive and making Islam up that might not be the best impression :)