Is It Permissible to Curse or Revile Inanimate Objects?
Taken from: Fatāwā Amanpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amanpuri
❖ Question:
Is it permissible to speak ill of or curse inanimate objects?
❖ Answer:
It is not permissible to curse or revile any object without reason.
The Prophet ﷺ forbade cursing the wind.
(Musnad ‘Abd ibn Humayd: 167; ‘Amal al-Yawm wal-Laylah an-Nasa’i: 937 – Authentic chain)
A woman once cursed fever, upon which the Prophet ﷺ said:
لا تسبي الحمى، فإنها تذهب خطايا بني آدم، كما يذهب الكير خبث الحديد
“Do not revile fever, for it removes the sins of the children of Adam just as a furnace removes the impurities of iron.”
(Sahih Muslim: 2575)
