What is the ruling on one who depicted 'Isa (peace and blessings be upon him) and his mother Maryam with ugly images in response to the Danish newspapers?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a newspaper from Azerbaijan was found this week that depicted 'Isa (peace be upon him) and his mother Maryam (may Allah be pleased with her) with ugly images, and this was, in their claim, a response to what the Danish newspapers did to our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Does the one who did this to 'Isa and his mother become a disbeliever and apostatize from the religion of Islam, knowing that these people who did it claim to belong to Islam?
Answer:
There is no doubt that ignorance does worse things to its people than this. What is this ignorance, may Allah protect us from it? What is the sin of al-Masih (peace be upon him), and what is the sin of his mother (may Allah be pleased with her)? We believe in all the messengers and we respect all the messengers and all the believers from all nations.
Our believing brothers, we send mercy upon them and seek forgiveness for them.[Al-Hashr 59:10]. We show loyalty to the believers from any generation and from any era, from Adam until the Hour occurs. They are our brothers, and we send mercy upon them and we do not belittle them. As for belittling the prophets, that is disbelief. Those who belittled 'Isa (peace be upon him), that is disbelief, and it is not permissible to respond to disbelief with disbelief, may Allah protect us from it. This is a matter that is not permissible. But as for ruling that these people are disbelievers, we do not know; perhaps they are ignorant, or perhaps they are those who engage in figurative interpretation, or something similar. That is, they have ignorance, and ignorance is an excuse. We do not know about ruling on them, so hold back. But this action is not permissible; it is abhorrent. And this is a distinction between the prophets, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says regarding the believers: [Al-Baqarah 2:136]. Yes.
So we respect al-Masih and we respect all the prophets, and we hold that the one who belittles one of them is a disbeliever. And it may be that ruling on a person as a disbeliever is withheld due to ignorance or due to something we do not know about him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a newspaper from Azerbaijan was found this week that depicted 'Isa (peace be upon him) and his mother Maryam (may Allah be pleased with her) with ugly images, and this was, in their claim, a response to what the Danish newspapers did to our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Does the one who did this to 'Isa and his mother become a disbeliever and apostatize from the religion of Islam, knowing that these people who did it claim to belong to Islam?
Answer:
There is no doubt that ignorance does worse things to its people than this. What is this ignorance, may Allah protect us from it? What is the sin of al-Masih (peace be upon him), and what is the sin of his mother (may Allah be pleased with her)? We believe in all the messengers and we respect all the messengers and all the believers from all nations.
Our believing brothers, we send mercy upon them and seek forgiveness for them.
Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith
رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِWe make no distinction between any of them
لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْSo we respect al-Masih and we respect all the prophets, and we hold that the one who belittles one of them is a disbeliever. And it may be that ruling on a person as a disbeliever is withheld due to ignorance or due to something we do not know about him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [53 /1350] ما حكم من صور عيسى ﷺ وأمه مريم بصور شنيعة ردا على الجرائد الدنماركية..؟الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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