The punishment for verbal abuse

Question

Question: A certain Ahmad Yasin has verbally abused his mother, his sister, his niece (his sister’s daughter) and his brother-in-law (his sister’s husband), and there are witnesses to this. What is the punishment for such a person, so that the biradari (kin community) may give him a Shari‘a punishment?

Answer

Verbal abuse is a very evil thing; it is fisq (transgression), and making a habit of it is a sign of a hypocrite (munafiq). The one who abuses is obliged to give up this habit, repent, seek forgiveness from the one he has abused, and pledge for the future: “Henceforth I will never abuse anyone”; and he must constantly observe the respect due to each person to the extent that…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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