Cursing, reviling, and every foul utterance are open sinfulness, and repentance from them is obligatory
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. After this, a message reached the program from Jeddah, sent by one of the brothers listening from there. He asks and says: It is said that cursing and reviling are among the major sins. Is this correct? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Cursing and reviling are not permissible except against those who deserve them. Otherwise, a Muslim must guard his tongue from cursing, reviling, and foul speech. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Muslim is not the one who curses, nor the one who reviles, nor the one who is obscene, nor the one who is foul-mouthed." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 2598c
And a Muslim purifies his tongue from these ugly, foul expressions, which are reviling, cursing, reviling people, and speaking about their honor through backbiting and talebearing.[Al-Hujurat 49:11] [Al-Hujurat 49:11], so Allah called that open sinfulness, and He called it injustice, and He threatened those who do not repent from it. This indicates that the danger of the tongue to a person is severe if he does not guard it from such ugly speech and harming people with his tongue.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. After this, a message reached the program from Jeddah, sent by one of the brothers listening from there. He asks and says: It is said that cursing and reviling are among the major sins. Is this correct? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Cursing and reviling are not permissible except against those who deserve them. Otherwise, a Muslim must guard his tongue from cursing, reviling, and foul speech. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Muslim is not the one who curses, nor the one who reviles, nor the one who is obscene, nor the one who is foul-mouthed." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Indeed, the cursers
إن اللعانwould neither be witness nor intercessor on the Day of Resurrection
لا يكونون شهداء ولا شفعاء يوم القيامة.And a Muslim purifies his tongue from these ugly, foul expressions, which are reviling, cursing, reviling people, and speaking about their honor through backbiting and talebearing.
O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُونُواbetter than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one's] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.
خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَاءٌ مِّن نِّسَاءٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّ وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْإِيمَانِ وَمَن لَّمْ يَتُبْ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4883- الشتم واللعن وكل قول بذيء فسوق يجب التوبة منها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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