The Ruling on Mocking the Committed and Cursing the Religion
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The questioner:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on one who mocks the committed and curses the religion, and how should one deal with one who is in this state?
The Shaykh:
What is its ruling?
The questioner:
One who mocks the committed.
The Shaykh:
Yes, that is right? Yes.
The questioner:
And curses the religion, and how should one deal with him, or how is he to be treated?
The Shaykh:
If he mocks them solely for who they are as individuals, this is a major sin among the major sins,[Al-Hujurat 49:11]. Thus, mocking them for who they are as individuals is a major sin among the major sins. However, if he mocks them because of their religion, this is apostasy from the religion of Islam.
Because he did not mock them for who they are as individuals; rather, he mocked them for the sake of the religion. We have not seen anyone like these readers of ours being mocked for the sake of their religion. Therefore, mockery falls into two categories: mocking a person for his appearance, his dress, his height, his shortness, or the like. This is a major sin among the major sins, because it is not permissible to belittle a Muslim, whoever he may be. However, if the mockery is for the sake of their religion, this is apostasy from the religion of Islam, and this is what is intended here, the eighth.
The presenter:
Supporting the polytheists and assisting them against the Muslims.
This questioner says: What is the ruling on one who mocks the committed and curses the religion, and how should one deal with one who is in this state?
The Shaykh:
What is its ruling?
The questioner:
One who mocks the committed.
The Shaykh:
Yes, that is right? Yes.
The questioner:
And curses the religion, and how should one deal with him, or how is he to be treated?
The Shaykh:
If he mocks them solely for who they are as individuals, this is a major sin among the major sins,
let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them
لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُونُوا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَاءٌ مِّن نِّسَاءٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّBecause he did not mock them for who they are as individuals; rather, he mocked them for the sake of the religion. We have not seen anyone like these readers of ours being mocked for the sake of their religion. Therefore, mockery falls into two categories: mocking a person for his appearance, his dress, his height, his shortness, or the like. This is a major sin among the major sins, because it is not permissible to belittle a Muslim, whoever he may be. However, if the mockery is for the sake of their religion, this is apostasy from the religion of Islam, and this is what is intended here, the eighth.
The presenter:
Supporting the polytheists and assisting them against the Muslims.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 03 من 04/شرح كتاب نواقض الإسلام (شرح ثان مختصر)/السابع والثامن/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة — youtube.com (15:58)
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