The legitimacy of cursing and insulting in Sunnis’ viewpoint Introduction and Meaning of Curse: Introduction: Sunni Scholar‟s Words about Shiites and Insulting the Companions: Ibne Timiya: Ihsan Ilahi Zahir: Dr. Nasir Al Qafari: Dr. Mustafa Hilmi: Dr. Muhammad Amhazun: Dr. Qalib Awaji: Bin Jabarin‟s Fatwa about blasphemy of Shiites: Sheikh Adil Kalbani: Sunnis‟ View about the One Who Insults the Companions: Insulting the companions is a clearly forbidden act and is a great sin Insulting the companions excludes one from the religion Do not touch body of the one who insults the companions Quoting a tradition from one who insults the companions is forbidden 1 The one who insults the companions does not have the right to use Fei (a special kind of trophy of war) The one who thinks that the companions should be insulted must be burned The one who insults the companions is sentenced to be executed or Ta‟zir (that is a corporal punishment) The insulter of the companions must be killed The one who insults the two Sheikhs (Abubakr and Omar) and Hassanain (Imam Hassan and Imam Hussein) should be killed The one who insults the two Sheikhs (Abubakr and Omar) should be killed and his repentance should not be accepted The one who insults the two Sheikhs (Abubakr and Omar) or anyone who has been promised the Paradise should be killed The one who insults Abubakr and Omar should be whipped and the one who insults Mothers of Believers should be killed Using insulting the Khalifas and companions as an excuse for a Fatwa to kill Shiites and occupying their assets Anyone who kills a heretic (which refers to Shiites) who insulted Abubakr and Omar will go to the Paradise Continuation of this attack until the present time Double Standard! Different Reactions toward Insulting the Khalifas and Insulting and Killing Ali Ibne Abi Talib (AS) The sin of insulting Ali (AS) is lesser than insulting Abubakr, Omar, and Othman 2 The one who insults Abubakr, Omar, and Othman should be killed and his corpse should be burned, but the one who insults Ali (AS) is only sentenced to Ta‟zir Sunnis‟ idea about murderer of Othman: Ibne Hizm‟s idea Ibne Timiya‟s idea Ibne Kathir‟s idea Zahabi‟s idea Abdul Aziz Dihlawi‟s idea Muhammad Ibne Abdul Wahhab‟s idea Sunni Scholars‟ Idea about Enemies and Murderer of Imam Ali (AS) Murderer of Ali (AS) did according to his own interpretation and will be rewarded by God Murderer of Ali (AS) was a man of salat and fastening and killed him for the sake of God Murderer of Ali (AS) was the most praising man The Holy Prophet‟s word about killer of Imam Ali (AS) Analyzing View of Shiites and Sunnis about the Companions Shiites‟ view about companions: The first group of companions: 1- Those who were killed during lifetime of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) 2- Those who died during lifetime of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and were believers and faithful 3 3- Those who remained loyal to the belief of Imamat of Imam Ali (AS) 4- Those who returned to Imam Ali (AS) after a while The companions who defended Imam Ali (AS) in the war of Jamal The companions who defended Imam Ali (AS) in the war of Seffein The second group of companions: The third group of companions: Shiite scholars‟ words about companions A summary of Shiite‟s view Sunnis‟ View about the Companions All companions were just, friends of God, and the best of creatures after the Prophets Definition of companion in the view of Sunnis Number of companion in the view of Sunnis Famous companions in the view of Sunnis The Meaning of Curse: Denotative meaning of curse: sending away from good things Denotative meaning of insult and its difference with curse: Curse and Insult in Quran Insulting in Quran Curser in the Holy Quran God 4 Angels All people The Five People (members of Ahle Bait) An explanation about this verse David and Jesus A herald on the Resurrection Day A cursing man (in Liaan, which is a religious matter between wife and husband) Pagan people will curse each other on the Day of Resurrection The Cursers The Unknown Those Who Are Cursed in the Holy Quran The First Group: The Titles Which Are Especially Used for Pagans and Non-Muslims 1- Pagans and the Blasphemous 2- Those Christians who did Mubahila (cursing) with the Holy Prophet (PBUH) 3- People of Sibt 4- Those of earlier religions who did not believe in what their prophets said and turned to paganism 5- Those who believed in the tyrant and brutal and believed that pagans were better than Muslims 6- Satan 7- Those with whom God got angry and were metamorphosed 5 8- The Jew who believed that God‟s hands were tied! 9- The Tribe of Aad 10- Pharaoh, his army, and his commanders and agents such as Haman 11- The followers of Pharaoh 12- The hellish people and tribes 13- Bani Israel who broke their divine promise The Second Group: 1- Hypocrites 2- Those who are diseased hearted and spread rumors in Medina 3- Those who were suspicious to God in the Peace Treaty of Hudaibiya The Third Group: Those Muslims which are not Hypocrite 1- Those who annoy God and His Messenger Translation of Amro Ibne Shas 2- A man which tells a lie in Liaan (which is explained earlier) 3- A cursed tribe What do we mean by a Cursed Tribe? 4- Those who hide religious facts after they were sent down. 5- Oppressors Oppressors in Quran A- Believers who chose pagans as their lord B- Believers who call others names and mock others 6 C- The one who passes God‟s limitations and violates them D- The one who judges according to anything but divine rules Oppressors in traditions: Companions introduce companions as oppressor! 6- Those who break their promise and those who corrupt the Earth and those who do not meet their relatives, as God had ordered 7- The one who accuses chaste women of unchastity 8- The one who kills a Muslim on purpose 9- Some leaders of societies which will be punished in the Hell 10- Liars Cursing in Tradition of the Holy Prophet (PBUH): An explanation about insulting in the Holy Prophet‟s word Different Types of Curse in the Words of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) 1- Curse of Some People with Specific Characteristics in the Prophet‟s Word According to True Sunni Traditions 1- 4- A woman who attaches hair of others, the one who gets the hair, a woman who tattoos and the one who gets tattooed 5 -8- A woman who shaves others, a woman who gets shaved, a woman who put a gap between her teeth, anyone who changes creation of Allah 9- 12- Receiver Riba (interest), one who pays, its witness, and its dealer 13- The one who bought fat tail of sheep from the Jew, 7 14- 23- wine, the one who makes the juice of grape, the one who boils that, the one who drinks it, the one who carries that, the one to whom wine is being taken, its seller, its buyer, the tapster, and the one in whose bowl wine is poured 24- The Jews who built a shrine over their prophets‟ tombs 25- The Women who go to the grave yards 26- A Thief 27- 28- The men who behave like women and the women who behaved like men 29- 32- Anyone who causes disaster in Medina and anyone who harbors that person, someone who takes a master without permission of his true master, and someone who violates the right of being protected of a Muslim 33- 34- Briber and the one who receives bribe 35- 40- The one who adds something to divine books, the one who rejects divine fate, the one who governs people by force so that he respects someone who is disrespected by God or disrespects someone who is respected by God, the one who allows something which is forbidden by God (and the one who allows bloodshed in Masjid Al Haraam), and someone who acts my family (Ahle Bait) in a way which is forbidden by God (and bothers them), and someone who abandons my tradition 41- 42- someone who collects charities and the one who returns to the tradition of the ignorant Arabs after Hijrat of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) 43- 44- the men who dressed like women and the women who dressed like men 45- 46- The men who looked feminine and the women who looked masculine 47- The women who are covered while they are naked 48- 50- Someone who collects charities (of other people), Muhallil, Muhallil Lah 8 51- The one who mates his wife anally 52- 54- A woman who harms her face, the one who rips her clothes, and the one who cries loudly in a catastrophe 55- 60- The person who changed the borders on the land, those who shed blood for anyone except God, those who curse their parents, the person who takes a master other than his real master, the one who misleads a blind, the one who mates with an animal, the one who imitates the tribe of Lut 61- Someone who harbors a criminal (or heretic) 62- The one who violates such an agreement and the person who harbors him 63- Illustrators 64- The woman who ignores mating with her husband 65- Anyone who threatens others (with a sword or anything else) 66- The world is cursed along with anything in it except for remembrance of Allah, a scientist, and people who seek knowledge 67- 68- a person who cauterized an animal in its face or bits its face 69- 70- the one who introduces himself son of someone except his father, and the man who offers his service to someone but his real master 71- 72- the person who spends the money which is achieved from selling wine … and the person for whom wine is bought 73- 75- The ruler from Quraish who is not just, is stingy, and does not keep his word 76- The person who targets and shoots at a living animal 9 Curse of Some People with Specific Characteristics in the Prophet‟s Word Without a reference to the Sahihs Curse and insult of companions Analyzing traditions about reason of prohibition of insulting