Backbiting of the disbeliever and the insane, and cursing a specific disbeliever
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The questioner:
And this person asks: Is backbiting the disbeliever and the insane permissible? And is it permissible to curse a specific disbeliever?
The Shaykh:
Backbiting is not permissible, and there is no benefit in it, except if the intention behind it is to warn against his evil. If the intention is to warn against his evil, and his danger threatens the Muslims, then one warns. Or if someone is accompanying a disbeliever, he advises him and says to him, "This is disbelief in Allah, and this is his action," and there is no harm in that. If a predominant benefit results from the backbiting, there is no harm. But if no predominant benefit results from it, it remains forbidden. The second part.
The questioner:
The second part asks: Is it permissible to curse a specific disbeliever? Backbiting the disbeliever and the insane? And is it permissible to curse a specific disbeliever?
The Shaykh:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) cursed the disbelievers in general. He cursed the disbelievers in general:[Al-A'raf 7:44] So we make [Al-Baqarah 2:89] Therefore, cursing the disbelievers and the hypocrites in general is a permissible action. As for cursing a specific person, there is disagreement among the scholars, because he may repent. He may repent and be concluded with good, so do not curse him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
And this person asks: Is backbiting the disbeliever and the insane permissible? And is it permissible to curse a specific disbeliever?
The Shaykh:
Backbiting is not permissible, and there is no benefit in it, except if the intention behind it is to warn against his evil. If the intention is to warn against his evil, and his danger threatens the Muslims, then one warns. Or if someone is accompanying a disbeliever, he advises him and says to him, "This is disbelief in Allah, and this is his action," and there is no harm in that. If a predominant benefit results from the backbiting, there is no harm. But if no predominant benefit results from it, it remains forbidden. The second part.
The questioner:
The second part asks: Is it permissible to curse a specific disbeliever? Backbiting the disbeliever and the insane? And is it permissible to curse a specific disbeliever?
The Shaykh:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) cursed the disbelievers in general. He cursed the disbelievers in general:
The curse of Allah shall be upon the wrongdoers."
لَّعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَso the curse of Allah will be upon the disbelievers.
فَلَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-031-الشتاء وما فيه من النعم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:50)
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