Prohibit controversy, not wisdom. Groups are right to keep out fiqh disputes, fatwas and sectarian arguments. They are wrong to keep out the Qur’an and Sunnah along with them. A hadith on paying workers on time is not a “religious post.” It is business ethics, and it belongs in every business group.
Many WhatsApp groups (business groups, professional associations, alumni networks, social groups and community forums) have a simple rule:
“No religious posts.”
The intention behind such a rule is often understandable. Administrators want to avoid arguments. They do not want the group to become a battlefield over sects, schools of jurisprudence, religious personalities, competing interpretations or controversial religious rulings.