Reading from the author's words, with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "And I only enumerated some of the abominations of their religion
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
As for what follows: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim* "And I only enumerated some of the abominations of their religion because I saw that groups of Muslims have been afflicted with some of them, and many of them are ignorant that they are from the religion of the Christians, who are cursed, he and his people. And it has also reached me that"
The Shaykh : This phrase, what do you say about it? "The religion of the Christians, who are cursed, he and his people" As for his people, there is no doubt that they are cursed on the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), because he saidSunan an-Nasa'i 703Sahih (Darussalam) But as for the religion, yes, their religion, the one they are upon now, their religion, the one they are upon now, is cursed, because it is not the religion of Allah, nor even the religion of 'Isa (peace be upon him).
From here we move to the fact that some people say to a Muslim man, "May Allah curse your religion." Does this make him a disbeliever or not? This requires detail. If by "May Allah curse your religion" he means the Islamic religion in its essence as the religion of Islam, then he is a disbeliever; this is among the greatest forms of cursing the religion. But if he means "May Allah curse your religion" as in the one you are upon, and this is usually said when a man goes astray through foolishness or other bad character, saying "May Allah curse your religion" meaning what he was doing, i.e., his action which is contrary to the Islamic religion, then there is detail in this. If he intended to curse the Islamic religion, he is an apostate and a disbeliever. But if he intended to curse what this man was upon, which he claims is the religion of Islam but is contrary to the religion of Islam, then there is no harm. Yes.
The reader: "And it has also reached me that"
The Shaykh : My intention is that there is no harm in it, meaning that it does not make one a disbeliever. Otherwise, one should be prohibited from this phrase absolutely, because the common person does not know this detail and does not recognize this distinction. That is why you find that when the common people hear someone say "May Allah curse your religion," they immediately rule with what? With disbelief, without any detail. So this phrase is undoubtedly an abomination, but the question is whether it leads to disbelief or not. Yes.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
As for what follows: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim* "And I only enumerated some of the abominations of their religion because I saw that groups of Muslims have been afflicted with some of them, and many of them are ignorant that they are from the religion of the Christians, who are cursed, he and his people. And it has also reached me that"
The Shaykh : This phrase, what do you say about it? "The religion of the Christians, who are cursed, he and his people" As for his people, there is no doubt that they are cursed on the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), because he said
May Allah curse the Jews and Christians
لعنة الله على اليهود والنصارىFrom here we move to the fact that some people say to a Muslim man, "May Allah curse your religion." Does this make him a disbeliever or not? This requires detail. If by "May Allah curse your religion" he means the Islamic religion in its essence as the religion of Islam, then he is a disbeliever; this is among the greatest forms of cursing the religion. But if he means "May Allah curse your religion" as in the one you are upon, and this is usually said when a man goes astray through foolishness or other bad character, saying "May Allah curse your religion" meaning what he was doing, i.e., his action which is contrary to the Islamic religion, then there is detail in this. If he intended to curse the Islamic religion, he is an apostate and a disbeliever. But if he intended to curse what this man was upon, which he claims is the religion of Islam but is contrary to the religion of Islam, then there is no harm. Yes.
The reader: "And it has also reached me that"
The Shaykh : My intention is that there is no harm in it, meaning that it does not make one a disbeliever. Otherwise, one should be prohibited from this phrase absolutely, because the common person does not know this detail and does not recognize this distinction. That is why you find that when the common people hear someone say "May Allah curse your religion," they immediately rule with what? With disbelief, without any detail. So this phrase is undoubtedly an abomination, but the question is whether it leads to disbelief or not. Yes.