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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Impact of Cursing a Parent on the Family and What Must Be Done

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Question:
He says: My father, my mother’s father, cursed my mother or invoked a curse upon her at the beginning of her life because she disobeyed one of my commands. We are a family now, but there is no mercy between us, and the blessing has been removed from our lives. So we do not know if this prayer or curse is the cause? And if it is the cause, what is the action, and my mother’s father has passed away?

Answer:
Yes, it is not permissible to curse. Cursing is not permissible. Cursing a believer is not permissible. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Cursing a believer is like killing him.لعن المؤمن كقتله
So he said:
The believer does not insult the honor of others, nor curse, nor commit Fahishah, nor is he foul.لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِالطَّعَّانِ وَلاَ اللَّعَّانِ وَلاَ الْفَاحِشِ وَلاَ الْبَذِيءِ
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1977Hasan (Darussalam)
So the one who uttered a curse against a Muslim must repent to Allah and seek forgiveness from the person he wronged. But if he has died, he has passed on with his sin and disobedience. So the one who wronged him must forgive him and pardon him, so that perhaps Allah will forgive him. Yes. And do not think that some of the matters happening to you are due to such and such. You must have good opinion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), you must strive for reform, and you must cooperate in righteousness and piety. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 86 من 102|دروس التفسير في الحرم المكي|تفسير سورة البقرة|230-232|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (51:24)

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