Making Fun of Prophethood and Revelation

Question

When one man called another to prayer and admonished him, he said, “Revelation used to come to the Prophet ﷺ; if it began to come to me too, I would go out for six months for tabligh.” Afterwards he also asked Allah’s pardon. Tell us: what is incumbent on this person? 2. Then a third man said, “Revelation comes to me” — he is an enemy of Islam. What is incumbent on this person? Has kufr been incurred, and has the marriage broken? What is the ruling of the Sacred Law?

Answer

To make fun of revelation and prophethood and to say such words is a very wrong way [of speaking]. Let them, ashamed of such talk, repent and never make such jokes again. For the completion of repentance let them, as a precaution, recite the kalima and renew their iman too, and it is better that they also perform the offer and acceptance of their marriage anew before two…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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