The Danger of Mocking the Religion and Its People
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Question:
This questioner says: If you would explain to your audience, may Allah reward you, the danger of mocking the religion and its people.
Answer:
Mocking the religion is apostasy from the religion of Islam. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[At-Tawbah 9:65] meaning the hypocrites [At-Tawbah 9:65-66].
Mocking the religion is apostasy from the religion, and so is mocking the people of the religion and the scholars. For what did they say, those about whom this verse was revealed? What did they say? They said: "We have not seen anyone like our poets; these are the most lying in their tongues and the most cowardly in battle. We have not seen anyone like our poets; these are the most lying in their tongues and the most cowardly in battle." They meant the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions.
And the third is that they mentioned it, so Allah revealed this verse regarding them: "You have disbelieved after your faith." They were believers, but when they said this statement, Allah said to them:[At-Tawbah 9:66] and we seek refuge in Allah. As for the disbelievers, the polytheists, and the hypocrites, they say and say, but these people's foundation is disbelief. However, these were believers, and when they said this statement, they disbelieved after their faith. We ask Allah for well-being. It is obligatory for the Muslim to be cautious not to mock Muslims, or the religion of Muslims, or what Muslims are upon. And if there are errors, he should not ridicule them.
If there are errors from some of them, they are still upon the truth and upon the religion. Infallibility is only for the Prophets (peace and blessings be upon them). A mistake occurs. The one who makes a mistake is to be advised and the error is to be explained to him. This is what is obligatory. It is not obligatory to mock him. It is obligatory to advise him and explain the error to him so that he may retract. Yes.
This questioner says: If you would explain to your audience, may Allah reward you, the danger of mocking the religion and its people.
Answer:
Mocking the religion is apostasy from the religion of Islam. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
And if you ask them
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ(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.
لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْMocking the religion is apostasy from the religion, and so is mocking the people of the religion and the scholars. For what did they say, those about whom this verse was revealed? What did they say? They said: "We have not seen anyone like our poets; these are the most lying in their tongues and the most cowardly in battle. We have not seen anyone like our poets; these are the most lying in their tongues and the most cowardly in battle." They meant the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions.
And the third is that they mentioned it, so Allah revealed this verse regarding them: "You have disbelieved after your faith." They were believers, but when they said this statement, Allah said to them:
you have disbelieved after your belief
قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْIf there are errors from some of them, they are still upon the truth and upon the religion. Infallibility is only for the Prophets (peace and blessings be upon them). A mistake occurs. The one who makes a mistake is to be advised and the error is to be explained to him. This is what is obligatory. It is not obligatory to mock him. It is obligatory to advise him and explain the error to him so that he may retract. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1 من 10|خطورة الاستهزاء بالدين وأهله|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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