The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "And those who harm believing men and believing women without what they have earned have certainly taken upon themselves a slander and an evident sin."

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The Shaykh : The third category of harm: harm to whom? To the believers.

And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.

والذين يؤذون المؤمنين والمؤمنات بغير ما اكتسبوا فقد احتملوا بهتاناً وإثما مبيناً

[Al-Ahzab 33:58]

And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned

والذين يؤذون المؤمنين والمؤمنات بغير ما اكتسبوا

[Al-Ahzab 33:58]

These people

taken upon themselves a slander

احتملوا بهتاناً

meaning a lie,

and an evident sin

وإثماً مبيناً

meaning a punishment. Here, the curse is not mentioned, and the humiliating punishment is not mentioned. Why? Because insulting Allah and His Messenger is greater than insulting the believers, without a doubt. Insulting the believers does not lead to disbelief, but insulting Allah and His Messenger is disbelief.

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