What is obligatory for you to do with those who insult the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
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Question:
A questioner says: What is your advice to us regarding the actions of those who insulted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), mocked him, and ridiculed him? What is obligatory for us to do?
Answer:
The answer to this question has been repeated: those who insulted the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or belittled him are not doing something new; this has been their practice since the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:[Al-Furqan 25:41-42] No, [Al-Furqan 25:42]. They mock the Messenger and ridicule the Messenger ever since Allah sent a Messenger. In fact, their actions did not stop at Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), but extended to all the prophets, whom they belittled, mocked, and killed, some of them. Is this not strange? We are not surprised that this happens from them. This is a continuous chain of the actions of the disbelievers. But, praise be to Allah, it will not harm Allah in any way. And it will not harm the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in any way.
And it will not weaken the resolve of the Muslims. Rather, what has appeared of condemnation is proof that the Muslims, praise be to Allah, are in a good state. And perhaps there is a benefit in this, praise be to Allah,[Al-Baqarah 2:216]. The Muslims are now rallying around the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and defending him, and this will, if Allah wills, be a cause for holding fast to his Sunnah and abandoning religious innovations and newly invented matters. This is the path of good, praise be to Allah, [Al-Baqarah 2:216]. As for them, they will not harm the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), [Muhammad 47:32]. So the harm is upon them, the harm is upon them, praise be to Allah. Yes.
A questioner says: What is your advice to us regarding the actions of those who insulted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), mocked him, and ridiculed him? What is obligatory for us to do?
Answer:
The answer to this question has been repeated: those who insulted the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or belittled him are not doing something new; this has been their practice since the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
(41) And when they see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger? (42) He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.
وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا الَّذِي بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولًا إِن كَادَwould have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them
لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ آلِهَتِنَا لَوْلَا أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَاAnd it will not weaken the resolve of the Muslims. Rather, what has appeared of condemnation is proof that the Muslims, praise be to Allah, are in a good state. And perhaps there is a benefit in this, praise be to Allah,
But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you
وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْBut perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you
وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْIndeed, those who disbelieved and averted [people] from the path of Allah and opposed the Messenger after guidance had become clear to them - never will they harm Allah at all, and He will render worthless their deeds.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَشَاقُّوا الرَّسُولَ مِن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْهُدَىٰ لَن يَضُرُّوا اللَّهَ شَيْئًا وَسَيُحْبِطُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، الذي يجب عليك فعله مع من يسب النبي ﷺ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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