The short answer
Generative AI is a modern tool, and Islamic texts give principles for using tools rather than a ruling on a named product. Use it honestly, verify important claims, protect private information and do not use it to deceive or harm people.
Revelation does not name chatbots or generative AI. It does require truthfulness and accountability: the Quran says not to pursue what you have no knowledge of, because hearing, sight and the heart will be questioned 1. AI can produce convincing mistakes, so verify factual, religious, medical, legal or financial answers with reliable sources and qualified people rather than presenting an unchecked output as certain.
The Quran also commands believers to speak words that are straight and just 2. If you use AI to draft a message, make sure it reflects your actual meaning and does not impersonate another person or fabricate experience. The Prophet ﷺ warned against dishonest dealing 3. Using a tool to mislead an employer, student, customer or family member raises that ethical concern; the precise ruling depends on the task and the promises or rules involved.
Avoid entering other people's confidential information without permission, and check the tool's data settings. Those are sensible modern precautions based on duties of trust and preventing harm, not direct statements about a particular service. For religious answers, ask a qualified scholar when the matter affects worship, rights or obligations.
Do not claim or pursue knowledge without basis; hearing, sight and heart are accountable.
وَلَا تَقۡفُ مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٌۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡبَصَرَ وَٱلۡفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنۡهُ مَسۡـُٔولࣰ ا ٣٦
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned
Believers are commanded to speak words that are straight and just.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُواْ قَوۡلࣰ ا سَدِيدࣰ ا ٧٠
O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice
The Prophet ﷺ disavowed dishonest conduct.
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed:He who took up arms against us is not of us and he who acted dishonestly towards us is not of us
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقَارِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ حَمَلَ عَلَيْنَا السِّلاَحَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا وَمَنْ غَشَّنَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا " .
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