The Ruling on Mocking Allah, His Messenger, and the Scholars
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! Some people say that one who fears Allah and His Messenger does not break his fast until he believes that in his heart, so perhaps he may be angry or ignorant. What is your opinion on this? And is the ignorant person excused in the fundamentals of tawhid (the oneness of Allah)?
Answer:
This is not permissible, and this person is not excused by joking, playing, or ignorance. There is no ignorance here and no joking; cursing Allah and His Messenger is not permissible. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not excuse the hypocrites who said, "We were only joking and cursing." He said: "Do they mock Allah?"[At-Tawbah 9:65-66]. Did He not excuse them for saying, "We were only standing and playing"? They said, "We only intended to cut off the road from us," referring to the hadith of the caravan. This was their intention, yet Allah (Mighty and Majestic) declared them disbelievers.
And He did not excuse them for that. So this action is not permissible, whether joking or serious, playing or otherwise. It is obligatory to break the tongue from this foul speech. This is apostasy, whether he intended it in his heart or did not intend it, or intended it as joking and playing. This is not permissible to play with. It is not permissible to play with 'aqidah (creed). There is no playing with 'aqidah and no joking. It is not permissible to mock the Qur'an, whether joking or serious. The words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the hadiths of the Messenger, it is not permissible to mock them or joke with them or play with them. The Sunnah of the Messenger is revelation from Allah, Mighty and Majestic; it is not permissible. Or the Messenger himself (peace and blessings be upon him), or even the scholars, the scholars of Islam; it is not permissible to belittle them, criticize them, or mock them, because they are the bearers of the Shari'ah, the bearers of the religion. They are the heirs of the prophets. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is not permissible to mock them. Rather, it is not permissible to mock Muslims in general.
Even the common people among the Muslims. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:[Al-Hujurat 49:11] So mocking Muslims in general is a major sin from the major sins. So how if it is with the scholars? How if it is with the prophets (peace and blessings be upon them)? How if it is with Allah, Mighty and Majestic?
The matter is more severe. I ask Allah for safety. (peace and blessings be upon him). It is obligatory for the Muslim to guard his tongue from this speech that will throw him into Hellfire and take him out of the religion of Islam, whether he is joking or not joking.
Honorable Shaykh! Some people say that one who fears Allah and His Messenger does not break his fast until he believes that in his heart, so perhaps he may be angry or ignorant. What is your opinion on this? And is the ignorant person excused in the fundamentals of tawhid (the oneness of Allah)?
Answer:
This is not permissible, and this person is not excused by joking, playing, or ignorance. There is no ignorance here and no joking; cursing Allah and His Messenger is not permissible. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not excuse the hypocrites who said, "We were only joking and cursing." He said: "Do they mock Allah?"
(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.
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْAnd He did not excuse them for that. So this action is not permissible, whether joking or serious, playing or otherwise. It is obligatory to break the tongue from this foul speech. This is apostasy, whether he intended it in his heart or did not intend it, or intended it as joking and playing. This is not permissible to play with. It is not permissible to play with 'aqidah (creed). There is no playing with 'aqidah and no joking. It is not permissible to mock the Qur'an, whether joking or serious. The words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the hadiths of the Messenger, it is not permissible to mock them or joke with them or play with them. The Sunnah of the Messenger is revelation from Allah, Mighty and Majestic; it is not permissible. Or the Messenger himself (peace and blessings be upon him), or even the scholars, the scholars of Islam; it is not permissible to belittle them, criticize them, or mock them, because they are the bearers of the Shari'ah, the bearers of the religion. They are the heirs of the prophets. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The scholars are the heirs of the Prophets.
والعلماء ورثة الأنبياءEven the common people among the Muslims. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:
O you who have believed, 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. 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.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُونُوا 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 الظَّالِمُونَThe matter is more severe. I ask Allah for safety. (peace and blessings be upon him). It is obligatory for the Muslim to guard his tongue from this speech that will throw him into Hellfire and take him out of the religion of Islam, whether he is joking or not joking.
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