السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته, احسن الله اليك I advised a friend that it is better to stay away from using abbreviations like "lmao" (apologies) Does this abbreviation fall under vulgar speech/is it considered haram? بارك الله فيك

Ustadh AbdulAziz al-Haqqan

If it has bad words in it, then you should stay awau from it.