Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 418

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شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

(from previous page) ⟵ When he was the cause of another cursing his parents, he was given the ruling of one who directly cursed his parents, for these two people were cursed by the Messenger.

وَلَكِنْ هَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ لِشَخْصٍ مُعَيَّنٍ غَيَّرَ حُدُودَ الْأَرْضِ تَقُولُ: لَعَنَكَ اللَّهُ؟

But is it possible for you to come to a specific person who changed the boundaries of the land and say: 'May Allah curse you'?

الْجَوَابُ: لَا، لَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ تَلْعَنَهُ وَهُوَ مُعَيَّنٌ، أَوْ سَمِعْتَ إِنْسَانًا يَلْعَنُ وَالِدَيْهِ تَقُولُ: لَعَنَكَ اللَّهُ هَذَا حَرَامٌ لَكِنْ تَقُولُ لَهُ: اتَّقِ اللَّهَ؛ فَإِنَّ الرَّسُولَ لَعَنَ مَنْ غَيَّرَ مَنَارَ الْأَرْضِ، وَتَقُولُ لِلثَّانِي السَّارِقِ: اتَّقِ اللَّهَ؛ فَإِنَّ الرَّسُولَ لَعَنَ السَّارِقَ يَسْرِقُ الْبَيْضَةَ وَيَسْرِقُ الْحَبْلَ، وَتَقُولُ لِلثَّالِثِ: اتَّقِ اللَّهَ لَا تَلْعَنْ وَالِدَيْكَ، وَلَا تَكُنْ سَبَبًا فِي لَعْنِهِمَا؛ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَعَنَ مَنْ لَعَنَ وَالِدَيْهِ أَمَّا أَنْ تَنُصَّ عَلَيْهِ فَتَقُولَ: لَعَنَكَ اللَّهُ أَوْ أَنْتَ مَلْعُونٌ، فَهَذَا حَرَامٌ وَلَا يَجُوزُ؛ لِأَنَّهُ فَرْقٌ بَيْنَ الْعَامِّ وَبَيْنَ الْخَاصِّ كَمَا سَبَقَ ذِكْرُهُ، وَاللَّهُ الْمُوَفِّقُ.

The answer: No, it is not permissible to curse him while he is specific, or if you heard a person cursing his parents, you say: 'May Allah curse you,' this is forbidden, but you say to him: 'Fear Allah; for the Messenger cursed whoever changes the landmarks of the land,' and you say to the second, the thief: 'Fear Allah; for the Messenger cursed the thief who steals an egg and steals a rope,' and you say to the third: 'Fear Allah, do not curse your parents, and do not be a cause for them to be cursed; for the Prophet (peace be upon him) cursed whoever curses his parents.' As for specifying him and saying: 'May Allah curse you' or 'You are cursed,' this is forbidden and not permissible; because there is a difference between the general and the specific as previously mentioned, and Allah is the Grantor of success.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (16 verbs · 31 nouns)

• أَمْكَنَ — to be possible
• أَتَى — to come
• غَيَّرَ — to change
• شَخْصٌ — person
• حَدٌّ — boundary
• أَرْضٌ — land