His statement: (And he passed by a funeral and spoke ill of it) Does this constitute insulting the dead?
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The questioner : How do you reconcile the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the one for whom the Fire became obligatory, with his prohibition against insulting the dead?
The Shaykh : This is for the sake of public benefit, and perhaps this man was a known hypocrite or something similar, such that there is a public benefit in averting the harm of the others.
The Shaykh : This is for the sake of public benefit, and perhaps this man was a known hypocrite or something similar, such that there is a public benefit in averting the harm of the others.