The ruling on mocking the Mutawwa' and generalizing speech about them
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. It is like a word he mentions on his tongue without malice.
The Shaykh:
Like saying "Muhammad ibn Sa'id is a liar" or "Muhammad is a liar," or "spit," even if he does not believe it, it is disbelief. Or if he says, "What is Allah doing in the sky?"
The questioner:
They mock those they call Mutawwa', for example. An incident occurred where a man forbade them from doing evil, so some of the attendees said, "Every Mutawwa' is a shaytan."
The Shaykh:
The custom varies. One person mocks another for his conduct, his clothing, or this state. Another mocks the religion, seeing it as a place of deficiency, and that is disbelief. Mocking varies; one may be mocked for his gait, his appearance, his image, his attire, or his speech, not his religion. But if one mocks the religion, doubts the religion, or disparages the religion, it is disbelief. Cursing the religion or...
The questioner:
He generalized it to all of them. He forbade them from doing evil and said so. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
This is a shortcoming. It is a distraction, meaning they do not repent. And if it is a distraction, meaning they do not repent, they declare people disbelievers without clear knowledge. The words are ambiguous.
May Allah reward you. It is like a word he mentions on his tongue without malice.
The Shaykh:
Like saying "Muhammad ibn Sa'id is a liar" or "Muhammad is a liar," or "spit," even if he does not believe it, it is disbelief. Or if he says, "What is Allah doing in the sky?"
The questioner:
They mock those they call Mutawwa', for example. An incident occurred where a man forbade them from doing evil, so some of the attendees said, "Every Mutawwa' is a shaytan."
The Shaykh:
The custom varies. One person mocks another for his conduct, his clothing, or this state. Another mocks the religion, seeing it as a place of deficiency, and that is disbelief. Mocking varies; one may be mocked for his gait, his appearance, his image, his attire, or his speech, not his religion. But if one mocks the religion, doubts the religion, or disparages the religion, it is disbelief. Cursing the religion or...
The questioner:
He generalized it to all of them. He forbade them from doing evil and said so. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
This is a shortcoming. It is a distraction, meaning they do not repent. And if it is a distraction, meaning they do not repent, they declare people disbelievers without clear knowledge. The words are ambiguous.
Source
شرح كشف الشبهات [ ابن باز ]، بداية من الفصل الثاني عشر : كشف شبهة من زعم أن من أدى بعض واجبات الدين لا يكون كافرًا ولو أتى بما ينافي التوحيد — islamhouse.com (15:59)
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