HICPR: A Muslim approach to AI "enhanced" fraud and scams

A Muslim approach to AI "enhanced" fraud and scams

From a Muslim perspective, AI and fraud are addressed under the broader Qur’anic and Prophetic commands about truthfulness, justice, and accountability to Allah, which make deception and exploitation absolutely forbidden and require that knowledge and technology serve human welfare, not harm it. AI is viewed as a permissible tool if used ethically, but its design and use must avoid lying, fraud, and oppression, and must reflect the values of honesty, fairness, and mercy.islamreligion+3

Core teachings on fraud and deception

The Qur’an strongly condemns fraud, especially cheating people in transactions and measurements, and warns of severe punishment for those who deceive others. Surah Al Mutaffifin begins, “Woe to those who give less [than due], who, when they take a measure from people, take in full, but when they give by measure or weight to them, they cause loss,” making fraud a major moral offense tied to denying the Day of Judgment. Classical discussions explain that “tatfif” (short measuring) includes all forms of cheating, misrepresentation, and taking more than one’s due.alquranclasses+3

The Prophet Muhammad is reported to have said, “He who cheats us is not one of us,” making deceit and fraud totally incompatible with true faith and character. Other narrations prohibit practices like artificial price inflation (najsh) and deceptive sales methods, emphasizing that honest trade and clear disclosure are expected of a sincere Muslim.islamawareness+3

Honesty, trust, and accountability

Islam teaches that a genuine Muslim is honest and upright in financial dealings, fulfills promises, and shuns fraud, false testimony, and unjust gain such as usury and graft. Tafsir literature on verses such as Qur’an 2:188 warns against consuming others’ wealth unjustly, through corruption, misrepresentation, or ambiguous contracts that lead to disputes. The emphasis is that Allah is always a witness, and every person will be held to account (ḥisāb) for how they earned and used wealth.maqasid+3

This means:

No use of any tool, including digital systems, to hide the truth, forge documents, or mislead others for gain.islamicencyclopedia.wordpress+1
Clear, transparent terms in agreements so that neither side is misled or pressured into unfair conditions.previous.quran
Viewing honesty not as optional virtue but as part of the believer’s identity and a condition for success in the Hereafter.islamkashmir+1

Islamic framing of AI and technology

Contemporary Muslim scholarship generally holds that new technologies like AI are permissible in principle, as long as their uses do not contradict clear Islamic prohibitions. Articles on AI and Islamic ethics stress that knowledge is not neutral: it must be tied to virtuous action, and any technology should aim at justice, welfare (maṣlaḥah), and mercy (raḥmah), not manipulation or corruption.islamexplained+3

From this angle:

AI should be aligned with the purposes of Shariah—protecting religion, life, intellect, lineage, and property—rather than undermining them.iqra+1
Systems that foster misinformation, deception, or hidden agendas violate the Qur’anic command to uphold truth and clarity.edelman+1
Developers and institutions bear moral responsibility for how AI affects real people, not just technical responsibility.yaqeeninstitute+1

Guarding against fraud and AI driven deception

Islamic teaching does not only forbid committing fraud; it encourages blocking the means to harm (sadd al dharā’iʿ) by preventing situations that invite deception. Modern Islamic analyses propose using this principle to regulate and test AI systems carefully before deployment, especially those that can impersonate humans or generate realistic but false content. This cautious, incremental approach aims to reduce abuse, such as scams, deepfakes, and manipulative profiling.maqasid+1

Practical implications include:

Designing AI to be transparent and auditable so that its decisions and outputs can be checked and corrected.maqasid
Putting safeguards against using AI for identity theft, fake religious guidance, financial scams, or doctored media that slanders people.edelman+1
Educating users, especially vulnerable groups, about the reality of AI generated deception so they can protect themselves and their property.diplomacy+1

Living with taqwa in a high tech world

Ultimately, the Muslim response centers on taqwa (God consciousness): remembering that Allah sees all, that every action is recorded, and that real success is in the Hereafter, not in clever gains through deceit. Islamic writers on AI emphasize that Muslims should seek beneficial knowledge, act with responsibility, and view technology as a means to serve creation and uphold justice, not as an end in itself. In daily life, that means combining technical literacy about AI with spiritual vigilance, honest conduct, and a firm refusal to participate in or profit from any form of fraud, whether analog or digital.islamreligion+4

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Resources:

1. https://www.islamreligion.com/en/articles/11344/chapter-83-al-mutaffifin-those-who-deal-in-fraud

2. https://alquranclasses.com/fraud-holy-quran/

3. https://maqasid.org/blog/advanced-ai-and-the-moral-challenge-an-islamic-perspective/

4. https://islamexplained.info/2025/09/26/islam-on-artificial-intelligence/

5. https://qurangallery.app/topics/fraud-islam-tatfif-quran-7-85

6. https://podme.com/no/episode/3208426/

7. https://www.islamawareness.net/Honesty/honesty_article001.html

8. https://www.islamawareness.net/Honesty/honesty_article002.html

9. https://islambasics.com/chapter/prohibition-of-deceiving-others/

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What is haptic pronunciation teaching?

Basically, it is using gesture, touch and movement to teach pronunciation of English (or any language). What makes this method unique is that it is based on controlled and systematic use of gesture in doing that. (Often the problem with gesture use in language learning is that it can be "crazy" or random or intimidating or inconsistent, or not well-developed and tied to clear outcomes.)

The earlier "Essential Haptic-integrated English Pronunciation (EHIEP) approach," now KINETIK, does a better job of enhancing presentation, modelling, feedback and correction. The method is simple and easy to follow. Once a 30-minute module is finished, teacher and students have a set of techniques to use in class anytime a pronunciation problem or opportunity comes up!

Haptic Preliminaries

I often begin workshops or papers with the comment that in about 40 years in the field I have had just one idea: that the systematic use of body movement is essential to effective and efficient pronunciation instruction. That has never been more relevant than today, with the general deemphasis on pronunciation and introduction of technology into the field. From both perspectives, the "haptic" perspective approach developed here offers great promise. I can at least promise you a "moving" experience!

What is the KINETIK Method?

KINETIK is the name of the new v6.0 haptic pronunciation teaching system. About six years earlier we were using the acronym, "Haptic Integrated Pronunciation for Other/Extended Circle English Speakers" (HIPOECES)--still there in the url of this blog!

Haptic-integrated clinical pronunciation is:

A different way to learn pronunciation, based in part on Arthur Lessac’s notion of “Training the body first.” It is also based on research in the use of movement and touch in learning and training. It:

Looks somewhat like a combination of aerobics, sign language and Taichi

Provides a basic foundation for continued, self-directed pronunciation learning and classroom instruction

Designed for use by relatively untrained teachers but appropriate for all teachers (and learners) of all levels

Focuses on pronunciation used in conversation (not all words in English)

Is a highly “brain-and-body-friendly” system that promotes efficient learning of integrated tasks in general

Designed to promote integrated classroom pronunciation instruction and enable integration of conscious pronunciation work into spontaneous speaking.

Introduction

This blog was formerly named: HIPoeces (pronounced 'hI-pƏ-cIs), basically an approach to teaching English pronunciation to speakers of "outer and expanding" circle Englishes (including that population commonly termed: non-native speakers) but also compatible with the use of local models other than simply Standard" American" or RP. Using Kachru's "Inner, expanding and outer circles" model to characterize the breadth of Englishes and speakers of those, HIPoeces (now HICP) systems focus on developing haptically-centered pedagogical models and methods which can be adapted for teaching the pronunciation of various Englishes as they are spoken and taught by "owners" of those varieties.

In theory, the underlying principles can be applied to teaching the sound system of any language. Most language instructors intuitively use a great deal of movement and tactile anchoring in the classroom. The essential question is how to use that resource systematically, especially so that those learners who are less "haptic" in nature are also "moved" by the method.

Simply put, the HICP model/method is based on the idea of speaking along with arm and hand movement, not all that different from that used in sign languages. Most movement patterns are taken from either typical classroom pronunciation instruction practice or from related fields, such as psychotherapy or sports.

Most blog posts link to research that relates to the general HICP model, that is studies dealing with the role of gesture, touch, movement, learning modalities, learning in output, use of the visual field in learning, and experiential learning.

DEFINITIONS:

"Haptic" techniques- procedures that involve both movement and touch (Obvious examples include clapping hands, tapping feet, or holding an object and shaking it to the rhythm of a poem.)

"HICP techniques" - procedures that are haptic and also explicitly coordinated with phonological structures and/or discourse prosody (For example, clapping hands on primary stressed syllables in multi-syllable words, or doing a dance step on key words in conversational turns.)

"Haptic integration"- The haptic dimension probably functions as much to anchor visual and auditory material as it does to assist the learner in getting the "felt sense" of the sound or sound process. Lack of integration into spontaneous speech being such a serious potential shortcoming of instruction, haptic engagement seems a promising bridge to more accurate fluency.

"Visual field" - in HICP extensive use is made of the visual field in front of the learner. (For example, a modified version of the IPA vowel chart is anchored haptically in the imagination of the learner, directly in front of the upper body, and used for several purposes throughout the program.)

A Muslim approach to AI "enhanced" fraud and scams

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