Mocking Religious Rulings

Question

A man mocks the rulings set out by the senior scholars, addresses the honoured scholars with obscene abuse and insults — even “donkey”, “owl” — and threatens to kill.

Answer

Whoever mocks true rulings — his iman is in danger; abuse and obscene talk against the scholars of truth is ruinous. He must desist, repent and ask forgiveness.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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