Ahl al-Bayt (as) Teachings

Ahl al-Bayt (as) Teachings

A Cyber-Ethics Framework Based on the Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādīyah: An Approach to Healthy Interactions on Social Networks

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Instructor of Islamic Studies (Islamic Ethics), Faculty of Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies, Qom, Iran.
Abstract
The present study aims to examine the ethical challenges of interactions on social networks and to propose an applied model grounded in the teachings of the Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādīyah. The central problem of the research is the absence of a coherent framework for promoting users’ ethical behavior and the insufficient utilization of religious texts in the domain of cyber ethics. Using a descriptive–analytical method and qualitative content analysis, this study extracts ethical principles from the Ṣaḥīfah al-Sajjādīyah and aligns them with contemporary moral issues in digital environments. The findings indicate that principles such as monotheistic orientation, justice, responsibility, self-restraint, and benevolence constitute the foundation of digital ethics, while components such as honesty, courtesy, privacy preservation, patience, constructive participation, and fairness in judgment regulate ethical user behavior. The results suggest that promoting this model through education and the formulation of ethical charters can institutionalize cyber ethics and enhance healthy interactions within digital spaces.


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Volume 3, Issue 2
Summer 2025
Pages 67-88

  • Receive Date 31 December 2025
  • Revise Date 01 January 2026
  • Accept Date 02 January 2026
  • First Publish Date 02 January 2026
  • Publish Date 01 September 2025