The ruling on cursing disbelievers in general and cursing a specific individual
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
And the punishment of purification, and also, is it permissible to curse a disbeliever based on the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): “O Allah, know so-and-so and so-and-so,” and [the names] ibn Umayyah, and [the names] ibn Harith, and al-Harith ibn Hisham? And the chain of narration for the list was mentioned, and the rest of the fatwas are on the permissibility of cursing disbelievers.
The Shaykh:
There is a distinction here. Cursing disbelievers in general, and cursing the perpetrators of major crimes for which evidence has come regarding the cursing of their perpetrators, they are cursed in a general sense,[Al-A'raf 7:44] thus, [Ali 'Imran 3:61] meaning from the perspective of generality. As for a specific person, a specific individual, there is disagreement on whether it is permissible to curse him or not. The correct view is that it is not permissible to curse him; it is not permissible to curse a specific individual, because you do not know what his outcome or his end will be. Yes, you do not know his ruling regarding the Fire. You do not know. Yes.
The questioner:
or from anything when using pebbles for cleaning.
The Shaykh:
Just as you rule for the believers in general that they are in Paradise, and you rule for the disbelievers in general that they are in the Fire, from the perspective of generality. As for individuals, you do not know how their affairs end, or what they died upon. Did they die upon repentance or upon other than repentance? Yes.
And the punishment of purification, and also, is it permissible to curse a disbeliever based on the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): “O Allah, know so-and-so and so-and-so,” and [the names] ibn Umayyah, and [the names] ibn Harith, and al-Harith ibn Hisham? And the chain of narration for the list was mentioned, and the rest of the fatwas are on the permissibility of cursing disbelievers.
The Shaykh:
There is a distinction here. Cursing disbelievers in general, and cursing the perpetrators of major crimes for which evidence has come regarding the cursing of their perpetrators, they are cursed in a general sense,
The curse of Allah shall be upon the wrongdoers."
لَّعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَand invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars [among us]."
فَنَجْعَل لَّعْنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَThe questioner:
or from anything when using pebbles for cleaning.
The Shaykh:
Just as you rule for the believers in general that they are in Paradise, and you rule for the disbelievers in general that they are in the Fire, from the perspective of generality. As for individuals, you do not know how their affairs end, or what they died upon. Did they die upon repentance or upon other than repentance? Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب نواقض الوضوء - 4 — islamhouse.com (1:15:35)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.