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This article is derived from the book 500 Questions and Answers for Women, based on the Fatwas of the scholars of the Haramain, translated by Hafiz Abdullah Saleem.
Some female students mock their teachers and call them by offensive nicknames, justifying their behavior by saying, "We are only joking." What is the ruling on this?
A Muslim must safeguard their tongue from uttering anything that causes harm or humiliation to others. In the noble Hadith, it is stated:
لا تؤذوا المسلمين ولا تتبعوا عوراتهم
[Al-Targhīb wa Al-Tarhīb lil-Mundhirī 3/239; Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid 6/246]
"Do not harm Muslims, and do not search for their private matters."
And Allah ﷻ says:
وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
[Surah Al-Humazah: 1]
"Woe to every backbiter and slanderer."
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ
[Surah Al-Qalam: 11]
"Defamer, going about with malicious gossip."
وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ
[Surah Al-Ḥujurāt: 11]
"Do not call one another by offensive nicknames."
Mocking and harming a Muslim is ḥarām (forbidden) in Islam.
[Shaykh Muhammad bin Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله]
This article is derived from the book 500 Questions and Answers for Women, based on the Fatwas of the scholars of the Haramain, translated by Hafiz Abdullah Saleem.
❖ Question:
Some female students mock their teachers and call them by offensive nicknames, justifying their behavior by saying, "We are only joking." What is the ruling on this?
❖ Answer:
A Muslim must safeguard their tongue from uttering anything that causes harm or humiliation to others. In the noble Hadith, it is stated:
لا تؤذوا المسلمين ولا تتبعوا عوراتهم
[Al-Targhīb wa Al-Tarhīb lil-Mundhirī 3/239; Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid 6/246]
"Do not harm Muslims, and do not search for their private matters."
And Allah ﷻ says:
وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُّمَزَةٍ
[Surah Al-Humazah: 1]
"Woe to every backbiter and slanderer."
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ
[Surah Al-Qalam: 11]
"Defamer, going about with malicious gossip."
وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ
[Surah Al-Ḥujurāt: 11]
"Do not call one another by offensive nicknames."
Mocking and harming a Muslim is ḥarām (forbidden) in Islam.
[Shaykh Muhammad bin Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله]
