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71 bullying, predators and other ill effects. Even when parents are unaware, God is not! The Khalifa warned us of the dangers of excessive and unsupervised use of social media and showed it for what it is. Even the founders of different social media and Internet companies have kept their children away from these platforms at some point. Many experts now frequently talk about the harms of social media. After a Prophet, Allah appoints a Khalifa to continue the system of guidance so that an everlasting relationship is created between the Creator and His creation. This is beautifully expressed by the Promised Messiah as when he writes, “Since no one can live forever, Allah the Exalted ordained that the Anbiya’ [Prophets], who are the most honourable and the best people of the earth, continue their existence upon the earth by way of reflection. For this purpose, God instituted Khilafat so that the world should at no time be deprived of the blessings of the nubuwwat [Prophet hood]”. 46 The directive of a Khalifa has been laid out in the Holy Quran where Allah tells us that a Khalifa is to