What is the expiation for one who curses or insults a Muslim?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This sister has sent a question asking about the expiation for cursing, such as cursing one’s parents or cursing a specific person with whom she had a dispute. What is the expiation for that?
Answer:
The expiation is to ask the person about whom she spoke and whom she insulted for forgiveness. She should ask him to forgive her. If that is not possible, she should make du'a for him, speak well of him, and seek Allah’s forgiveness for what she did. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This sister has sent a question asking about the expiation for cursing, such as cursing one’s parents or cursing a specific person with whom she had a dispute. What is the expiation for that?
Answer:
The expiation is to ask the person about whom she spoke and whom she insulted for forgiveness. She should ask him to forgive her. If that is not possible, she should make du'a for him, speak well of him, and seek Allah’s forgiveness for what she did. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1864 - ما كفارة من لعن أو شتم مسلما؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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