Thread by @IbneKhan01

MOCKING THE RELIGION

Allāh táālā states:

“If you ask them, [why they said so] they will reply, ‘We were jesting and were being playful.’ Tell them: ‘Do you make fun of Allāh táālā, His verses and His Messenger?’ Do not proffer excuses –

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you have disbelieved after having professed faith.”

[Tawbah, 9:65-66]

Imam Yaĥyā Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī al-Shāfiýī [631-676 AH / 1233-1277 CE] writes in Minhāju’t Ţālibīn:

“[Among] actions that cause apostasy: any deliberate action which explicitly mocks religion.”

Imām Ibn Áābidīn al-Ĥanafī al-Shāmī [1198-1252 AH / 1784-1836 CE] writes in Radd al-Muĥtār:

“I say: It is obvious that if the indicators of mockery or slighting [religion] are found, that person will be ruled
kāfir; even if he has not intended to mock or slight [the religion].”

Imām Aĥmad Riđā Khān al-Ĥanafī al-Baraylawī [1272-1340 AH / 1856-1921 CE] writes in Mustanad al-Mútamad:

“The well-researched position is what we have mentioned many times: the difference between kufr and ikfār; something being kufr and ruling someone a kāfir because of it.

It is kufr near Allāh táālā when belying or mocking [religion] is established [near Allāh táālā] and this does not require evidence at all, let alone absolute proof or evidence that Essential precepts [has been denied].”

Meaning, if a man mocks or belies any sacred symbol or person, the person becomes kāfir near Allāh táālā even if we do not have evidence to rule such a person kāfir.