(Anger is not an excuse for one to escape the judgment of falling into blasphemy. Concerning this matter,) Hafidh (Imam an-Nawawiyy said: “If a man was angry with his child or young slave and hit…
(al-Bukhariyy[1] and Muslim[2] related a hadith with a similar meaning). The hadith’s text is: <<A person may say a word that he does not take heed of, by which he slips into Hellfire farther than…
The saying of the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam: <<A person may utter a) blasphemous (word that one thinks harmless), i.e., he thinks it holds no harm for him, (which results), i.e., due to his…
(The meaning of what) Hafidh Yahya the son of Sharaf (an-Nawawiyy[1]), who died in the year 676 AH, (and others) among the scholars (said is: “Apostasy is an abhorrent), i.e., a very ugly (type of…
(It is obligatory upon every) accountable (Muslim to perserve one’s faith in Islam and protect it against whatever invalidates, abolishes, and interrupts it, namely, apostasy “riddah”; we seek refuge with Allah, ta^ala, from it.) Blasphemy…