To Kill a Mocking Tongue
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Creator: Muhammad Alshareef
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Title: To Kill a Mocking Tongue
Created on: Tue Jan 29 11:05:06 -0500 2008
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Abstract: ... e said, ‘Come (and enter).’ So that person will come with all his anguish and depression. But when he gets close, the gate will be closed in his face. This will keep happening to him until it will get to the point where it will be said, ‘Come (and enter),’ and he will not come from the despair of ever entering paradise.” Fifthly, those that make fun of others may do so out of love for the kuffar and a love to imitate them. How many times do we see the comedians mocking people and everyone laughing? Indeed, mocking others and insulting them is a characteristic of jaahiliyyah and kufr, and it is never a characteristic of a believer. Allah ta'ala shows us in Surah Al-Mutaffifeen how this characteristic of laughing at others is a characteristic of the kuffar: Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed (Al-Mutaffifin 83/29). The seriousness of this sin varies in accordance to the subject being insulted. On the highest level of seriousness is to make fun of Allah, His aayaat, or His Messenger sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam. A group of munafiqeen started joking one day about their Qur'raa ( i.e. the Companions of Allah's Messenger). They described, in ridiculing terms, that they were large in stomachs, having lying tongues and being cowardly. Allah ta'ala tells us in the Qur'an: 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?” / Make no excuse; you have disbelieved (i.e. rejected faith) after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you – We will punish another faction because they were criminals (At-Tauba 9/65-66). After Allah, His aayaat, or His Messenger sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, it is most serious to ridicule and make fun of the Sahaabaa. In the incident just mentioned, the comment of the munaafiqeen was actually directed at the Sahaabaa and the Qur'an shows us that this was a direct ridicule of Allah, His verses, and His Messenger. Shaykh Al-Uthaymeen rahimahullah said, “Thus it is understood that someone who curses and ridicules the Companions is a kafir. This is because cutting at the honor of the Sahaabee is in reality an attempt at ridiculing Allah and His Messenger and His Shari'ah. Next it is most serious to ridicule the pious believers. For example, if someone were to ridicule a pious believer because of his practice of the deen, such as ridiculing a brother's beard or to mock a sister’s hijab, doing this – mocking a Muslim because of his Islam – may very well expel someone from the fold of Islam. Allah ta'ala says in Surah Al-Mutaffifeen: Indeed, those that committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed (Al-Mutaffifin 83/29-30). As reported in Tafseer At-Tabaree, the munaafiqeen were once sitting back watching the charity that the believers were giving. To those that gave much, like AbdurRahmaan ibn ‘Awf, they said, “He only gave it to show off.” For those that gave little, they said, “Verily, Allah has no need for his petty offering.” And so Allah ta'ala revealed in Surah At-Tauba: Those who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning their charities and (criticize) the ones who find nothing (to spend) except their effort, Allah will ridicule them and they will have a painful punishment (At-Tauba 9/79). In addition to all the specific people mentioned, it is also most serious to ridicule humans in general. This applies to the God-fearing and the fusaaq. A believer should not humiliate people and/or use derogatory nicknames for them, nor should they ridicule their creation. Allah ta'aala says: O you who believe, let not one group of people make fun of another (Al-Hujurat 49/11). And RasulAllah sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam said, “It is enough sin for a person that they would ridicule their Muslim brother” Abdullaah ibn Mas'... [Full Article...]
