What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding a man who insults the religion, and does a wife divorce her husband if he insults the religion?
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The questioner : What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding a man who insults the religion? And does a wife divorce her husband if he insults the religion?
The Shaykh : Yes. If he insults the religion of Islam, he is a disbeliever, because insulting the religion of Islam is insulting Allah and His Messenger and His Book. And Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:[At-Tawbah 9:65-66].
The scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed regarding one who insults Allah or His Messenger: is his repentance accepted, or is he killed in all cases? The correct view is that his repentance is accepted. However, if one insults Allah and repents, we accept his repentance and do not kill him, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ash-Shuraa 42:25]. But if he insulted the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), we accept his repentance if he repents, but we kill him for the right of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). In this case, we kill him as a Muslim, so we wash him, shroud him, pray over him, and bury him with the Muslims.
If someone asks: How do you say that you do not kill one who insults Allah if he repents, but you kill one who insults the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), when it is known that the right of Allah is greater than the right of the Messenger, and the sanctity of Allah is greater than the sanctity of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family)? The answer is that Allah the Exalted informed us about Himself that He accepts repentance from His servants and forgives sins, and this is His right, Mighty and Majestic, and He has forgiven him. As for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), we do not know whether he forgives one who insulted him or not. People insulted him during his lifetime and he forgave them, but after his death, we do not know whether he forgives or not, so we kill him to avenge the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes. If he insults the religion of Islam, he is a disbeliever, because insulting the religion of Islam is insulting Allah and His Messenger and His Book. And Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:
(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.
وَلَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَءايَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ * لا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْThe scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed regarding one who insults Allah or His Messenger: is his repentance accepted, or is he killed in all cases? The correct view is that his repentance is accepted. However, if one insults Allah and repents, we accept his repentance and do not kill him, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And it is He who accepts repentance from his servants and pardons misdeeds
وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَعْفُوا عَنِ السَّيِّئَاتِIf someone asks: How do you say that you do not kill one who insults Allah if he repents, but you kill one who insults the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), when it is known that the right of Allah is greater than the right of the Messenger, and the sanctity of Allah is greater than the sanctity of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family)? The answer is that Allah the Exalted informed us about Himself that He accepts repentance from His servants and forgives sins, and this is His right, Mighty and Majestic, and He has forgiven him. As for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), we do not know whether he forgives one who insulted him or not. People insulted him during his lifetime and he forgave them, but after his death, we do not know whether he forgives or not, so we kill him to avenge the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.