Does the common people who mock Allah and His Messenger become disbelievers?
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The questioner : Many of the common people say words that contain clear mockery and ridicule of Allah, the verses, and the messengers. Some of them are ignorant, and some are not. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh : Both of them. Let him repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), for you have committed apostasy.
The questioner : Even if he is ignorant.
The Shaykh : Even if he is ignorant, unless he does not know what its meaning is. He is not ignorant of the ruling, because ignorance of the ruling does not prevent the punishment or the consequence from applying. This is a principle we have mentioned before: ignorance of the ruling is not an excuse. Ignorance of the ruling means ignorance of the punishment that follows it. Yes, it is not about the ruling itself—whether this is lawful or that is forbidden. For example, if a person does something but does not know that it leads to killing, for instance, the killing is not dropped from him. For this reason, the man who had intercourse with his wife during the day of Ramadan—does he know that he owes an expiation? He does not know, and yet the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) obligated it upon him. And the man who speaks a word of the anger of Allah, not knowing, plunges into the Fire because of it, such and such.
The questioner : ... that his repentance is not accepted, regarding the hypocrite?
The Shaykh : The hypocrite? It was mentioned to us before. I think you were not present.
The questioner : No, I was present...
The Shaykh : No, it was mentioned to us before.
The questioner : I did not pay attention to it, or...
The Shaykh : Yes, because he knows that they are not sincere.
The questioner : Like the issue of the evil eye, meaning if he knew that they were sincere...
The Shaykh : Both of them. Let him repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), for you have committed apostasy.
The questioner : Even if he is ignorant.
The Shaykh : Even if he is ignorant, unless he does not know what its meaning is. He is not ignorant of the ruling, because ignorance of the ruling does not prevent the punishment or the consequence from applying. This is a principle we have mentioned before: ignorance of the ruling is not an excuse. Ignorance of the ruling means ignorance of the punishment that follows it. Yes, it is not about the ruling itself—whether this is lawful or that is forbidden. For example, if a person does something but does not know that it leads to killing, for instance, the killing is not dropped from him. For this reason, the man who had intercourse with his wife during the day of Ramadan—does he know that he owes an expiation? He does not know, and yet the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) obligated it upon him. And the man who speaks a word of the anger of Allah, not knowing, plunges into the Fire because of it, such and such.
The questioner : ... that his repentance is not accepted, regarding the hypocrite?
The Shaykh : The hypocrite? It was mentioned to us before. I think you were not present.
The questioner : No, I was present...
The Shaykh : No, it was mentioned to us before.
The questioner : I did not pay attention to it, or...
The Shaykh : Yes, because he knows that they are not sincere.
The questioner : Like the issue of the evil eye, meaning if he knew that they were sincere...