Insulting a Scholar Who Was Preaching

Question

A certain mawlana was speaking at a gathering, saying that the Prophet ﷺ is nur (light). On hearing this Zayd said at once, “Nur, nur, nur, you keep saying — not nur but the hair below the navel.” It became known that this sentence of Zayd’s was directed not at the Prophet ﷺ but, sarcastically, at the speaker; Zayd himself is a religious scholar too.

Answer

Even if this was not said about the most sacred rank of the Noble Prophet ﷺ but, by way of comparison, about the mawlana who was speaking, it is still a grave matter. To liken any of the noblest of creatures to a thing that is utterly contemptible in the eyes of the common people is not right — especially in a public gathering, where the majority are common folk; and…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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