Chapter on the Permissibility of Cursing Some of the Unspecified Perpetrators of Sins: Allah the Exalted said: ((Beware, the curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers)) and He said
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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 our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
He said, may Allah have mercy on him: “Chapter on the Permissibility of Cursing the Unspecified Perpetrators of Sins. Allah the Exalted said:[Hud 11:18]
And He said:[Al-A'raf 7:44]
And it is established in the authentic collections that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
And that he said:
And that he cursed the image-makers
And that he said:Sahih Muslim 1978a meaning its boundaries
And that he said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2583Sahih (Darussalam)
And that he said:Sahih Muslim 1978b
And that he said:Sahih Muslim 1371a
And that he said: and these are three Arab tribes
And that he said:Sahih al-Bukhari 4441
And that he cursed the men who imitate women and the women who imitate men
And all of these phrases are in the authentic collections, some in the authentic collections of al-Bukhari and Muslim, and some in one of them.”
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author, may Allah have mercy on him, said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*, when he mentioned the prohibition of cursing a specific person, that it is not permissible to curse a specific person, even if he is a disbeliever, as long as he is alive, because you do not know; perhaps Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will guide him and he will return to Islam if he is an apostate, or he will become a Muslim if he is an original disbeliever.
After that, may Allah have mercy on him, he mentioned a chapter on the permissibility of cursing the unspecified perpetrators of sins, because there is a difference between the specific and the general. It is permissible to curse the perpetrators of sins in a general sense, provided that it does not target a specific person.
Then he provided evidence with verses and hadiths, may Allah have mercy on him, including the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Hud 11:18] and His saying: [Al-A'raf 7:44] And based on this, it is permissible for you to say, “O Allah, curse the wrongdoers,” in a general sense, not referring to one specific person, so that it includes every wrongdoer.
Likewise, it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he cursed the woman who joins hair and the woman who has her hair joined. This is regarding women; the one who joins hair is the one who attaches hair to her own hair so that her hair appears long or as if it is abundant, and the one who has her hair joined is the one who asks someone to join hair to hers. These two women are cursed by the tongue of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): the one who joins hair and the one who has her hair joined. However, if you see a specific woman joining hair to another specific woman, and a specific woman asking for her hair to be joined, it is not permissible to curse that specific person. It is not permissible, just as we bear witness generally that every martyr is in Paradise, but if a person is killed in a battle in jihad in the path of Allah, we do not say that this specific man is a martyr or bear witness that he is in Paradise, because bearing witness that someone is in Paradise has a different status. Likewise, cursing a specific person has a different status.
The author, may Allah have mercy on him, gave examples of this, among them:
“May Allah curse the one who alters the landmarks of the land,” meaning its boundaries. This is regarding neighbors; if a person, for example, has a neighbor in a piece of land and he alters the boundary markers, taking some of his neighbor’s land into his own, then he is cursed by the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). And despite being cursed, may Allah protect us from that, he will be required on the Day of Resurrection to carry what he took from his neighbor’s land on his neck from seven lands. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1610a We ask Allah for safety and seek refuge in Allah from disgrace and shame. He will come on the Day of Resurrection carrying what he took from the lands of others from seven lands.
Likewise, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who curses his parents. If a person says to his mother or father, “May Allah curse you” or “May the curse of Allah be upon you,” then he deserves the curse of Allah, because the parents have the right to be treated with kindness, goodness, and gentle speech. So if he curses them, may Allah protect us from that, he deserves the curse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said:Sahih Muslim 1978b
Likewise, the image-makers; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) cursed the image-makers. It is permissible for you to say, “O Allah, curse every image-maker,” because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) cursed the image-makers.
And so with the examples mentioned by the author, he distinguishes between the general and the specific. The general does not target anyone specifically, and the specific is targeting a person individually. Targeting a specific person with a curse is haram (forbidden) and not permissible. But in a general sense, there is no harm. And, if Allah wills, the discussion of the remaining examples given by the author will follow. And Allah knows best.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
He said, may Allah have mercy on him: “Chapter on the Permissibility of Cursing the Unspecified Perpetrators of Sins. Allah the Exalted said:
Unquestionably, the curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers.
ألا لعنة الله على الظالمينAnd He said:
Then an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allah shall be upon the wrongdoers."
فأذن مؤذن بينهم أن لعنة الله على الظالمينAnd it is established in the authentic collections that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He cursed the one who joins hair and the one who has her hair joined
لعن الواصلة والمستوصلةAnd that he said:
May Allah curse the one who eats riba
لعن الله آكل الرباAnd that he cursed the image-makers
And that he said:
Allah cursed him who changed the minarets (the boundary lines) of the land.
لعن الله من غير منار الأرضAnd that he said:
May Allah curse the thief! He steals an egg
لعن الله السارق يسرق البيضةAnd that he said:
Abu Tufail reported: We said to 'Ali b. Abi Talib: Inform us about something which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told you in secret, whereupon he said: He told me nothing in secret which he bid from people, but I heard him say: Allah cursed him who sacrificed for anyone besides Allah; and cursed him who accommodated an innovator; and Allah cursed him who cursed his parents and Allah cursed him who changed the boundary lines (of the land possessed by him).
لعن الله من لعن والديه ولعن الله من ذبح لغير اللهAnd that he said:
he who made any innovation in it. or gave protection to an innovator, there is upon him the curse of Allah, that of the angels and that of all the people
من أحدث فيها حدثا أو آوى محدثا فعليه لعنة الله والملائكة والناس أجمعينAnd that he said:
O Allah, curse Ra'il and Dawkhan and Asiya; they defied Allah and His Messenger
اللهم العن رعلا وذكوانا وعصي عصوا الله ورسولهAnd that he said:
Allah cursed the Jews for they took the graves of their prophets as places for worship.
لعن الله اليهود اتخذوا قبور أنبيائهم مساجدAnd that he cursed the men who imitate women and the women who imitate men
And all of these phrases are in the authentic collections, some in the authentic collections of al-Bukhari and Muslim, and some in one of them.”
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author, may Allah have mercy on him, said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*, when he mentioned the prohibition of cursing a specific person, that it is not permissible to curse a specific person, even if he is a disbeliever, as long as he is alive, because you do not know; perhaps Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will guide him and he will return to Islam if he is an apostate, or he will become a Muslim if he is an original disbeliever.
After that, may Allah have mercy on him, he mentioned a chapter on the permissibility of cursing the unspecified perpetrators of sins, because there is a difference between the specific and the general. It is permissible to curse the perpetrators of sins in a general sense, provided that it does not target a specific person.
Then he provided evidence with verses and hadiths, may Allah have mercy on him, including the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Unquestionably, the curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers.
ألا لعنة الله على الظالمينThen an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allah shall be upon the wrongdoers."
فأذن مؤذن بينهم أن لعنة الله على الظالمينLikewise, it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he cursed the woman who joins hair and the woman who has her hair joined. This is regarding women; the one who joins hair is the one who attaches hair to her own hair so that her hair appears long or as if it is abundant, and the one who has her hair joined is the one who asks someone to join hair to hers. These two women are cursed by the tongue of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): the one who joins hair and the one who has her hair joined. However, if you see a specific woman joining hair to another specific woman, and a specific woman asking for her hair to be joined, it is not permissible to curse that specific person. It is not permissible, just as we bear witness generally that every martyr is in Paradise, but if a person is killed in a battle in jihad in the path of Allah, we do not say that this specific man is a martyr or bear witness that he is in Paradise, because bearing witness that someone is in Paradise has a different status. Likewise, cursing a specific person has a different status.
The author, may Allah have mercy on him, gave examples of this, among them:
“May Allah curse the one who alters the landmarks of the land,” meaning its boundaries. This is regarding neighbors; if a person, for example, has a neighbor in a piece of land and he alters the boundary markers, taking some of his neighbor’s land into his own, then he is cursed by the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). And despite being cursed, may Allah protect us from that, he will be required on the Day of Resurrection to carry what he took from his neighbor’s land on his neck from seven lands. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He who wrongly took a span of land, Allah shall make him carry around his neck seven earths.
من اقتطع شبرا من الأرض ظلما طوقه يوم القيامة من سبع أراضينLikewise, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who curses his parents. If a person says to his mother or father, “May Allah curse you” or “May the curse of Allah be upon you,” then he deserves the curse of Allah, because the parents have the right to be treated with kindness, goodness, and gentle speech. So if he curses them, may Allah protect us from that, he deserves the curse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said:
Allah cursed him who cursed his parents
لعن الله من لعن والديهLikewise, the image-makers; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) cursed the image-makers. It is permissible for you to say, “O Allah, curse every image-maker,” because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) cursed the image-makers.
And so with the examples mentioned by the author, he distinguishes between the general and the specific. The general does not target anyone specifically, and the specific is targeting a person individually. Targeting a specific person with a curse is haram (forbidden) and not permissible. But in a general sense, there is no harm. And, if Allah wills, the discussion of the remaining examples given by the author will follow. And Allah knows best.