The Ruling on Cursing Allah and His Messenger and Repeated Apostasy
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The questioner:
We apply the hadd (fixed punishment) to him. Yes. He said: “Do not accept the repentance of one who curses Allah or His Messenger.”
The Shaykh:
Because his apostasy is severe, for the one who curses Allah and His Messenger has a severe apostasy, and because he becomes a zindiq (heretic) with a corrupt heart. Yes.
The questioner:
Any gesture or hint at cursing Allah or the Messenger is the least of that.
The Shaykh:
Explicit cursing is explicit, but ambiguous cursing has another ruling. However, explicit cursing is like what those who said, “They are they,” and who were believers before that, said: “We have not seen anyone like our predecessors; these are the ones with the widest bellies and
The questioner:
seven thousand, seven.
The Shaykh:
And deny the sun and be stubborn when meeting, so Allah revealed concerning them: Say, "I am…"[At-Tawbah 9:65-66]
We apply the hadd (fixed punishment) to him. Yes. He said: “Do not accept the repentance of one who curses Allah or His Messenger.”
The Shaykh:
Because his apostasy is severe, for the one who curses Allah and His Messenger has a severe apostasy, and because he becomes a zindiq (heretic) with a corrupt heart. Yes.
The questioner:
Any gesture or hint at cursing Allah or the Messenger is the least of that.
The Shaykh:
Explicit cursing is explicit, but ambiguous cursing has another ruling. However, explicit cursing is like what those who said, “They are they,” and who were believers before that, said: “We have not seen anyone like our predecessors; these are the ones with the widest bellies and
The questioner:
seven thousand, seven.
The Shaykh:
And deny the sun and be stubborn when meeting, so Allah revealed concerning them: Say, "I am…"
(65) And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?" (66) Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.
أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، شرح زاد المستقنع (حلقات إذاعية)|180 من 194|كتاب الحدود|باب حكم المرتد|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (19:13)
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