"Cursing a believer is like killing him" (Bukhari]. He also said; "It is not befitting for a truthful person that he engages in cursing."
CURSING [HERE]
Cursing is the act of using words or statements meant to be evil. Against the person that it is directed at. It is not permissible for a Muslim to curse anyone or animal or anything at that. Allaah and His Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] forbade cursing for us. The Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] said, "Cursing a believer is like killing him"[Bukhari].
He also said; "It is not befitting for a truthful person that he engages in cursing" In a narration, the Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] is reported to have punished a woman who cursed her camel because it made her fall. It is also reported that the Prophet was on a journey and an Ansari woman was on her camel. The camel made her angry and she cursed it. The Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] heard that and said to her "Take away whatever [load] is on it and release it because it is cursed"[Muslim] The greatest or the worst of curses is that which is directed at the religion or insulting it. The same thing applies if a person curses the book of Allaah or a verse in the Book of Allaah or cursing the Angels or an Angel whoever does this has become a disbeliever.
CURSING [HEREAFTER]
1.NO INTERCESSION: The person who engages in cursing and insulting will be deprived of the opportunity of interceding neither will he be allowed to be a witness. The Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] said; "The one who curses will not be allowed to intercede neither will he be allowed to be a witness on the Day of Judgement" [Muslim]
2.EVIL-DOING: Engaging in cursing makes a person a disbeliever [minor disbelief]. "The Prophet [peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him] said, "Insulting a Muslim is evil-doing and killing him is disbelief" [Bukhari]
3.TOTAL DISBELIEF: As has been mentioned above, to curse the religion or insulting it be it the Book of Allaah, the Angels, or the prophet. This takes one outside the fold of Islam.
This article was culled from the publications of Deen Communication Limited