Fatwa: "The Position of a Muslim Towards One Who Slanders the Prophet and His Companions"

This is yet another fatwa authorizing the slaying of any who speaks ill of the prophet of Islam.  This comes on the heels of an attempted attack against the Danish newspaper that printed cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad.  Islam's position on this issue is really quite clear, as the world is unfortunately being reminded of this act all too often.  But will the PC world we live in wake up and take notice of Islam's brazen intolerance and unacceptance of free speech?  No, instead we go on spending our blood and treasure to build up so-called "democracies" in the Middle East, and cheer when we read that their constitutions guarantee human rights, free speech, and respect for minorities, while ignoring that all that is erased by other articles in their consitutions insisting that "No law that contradicts the established provisions of Islam may be established." See the original Arabic of this fatwa here.

Fatwa No.: 145841

Title: The Position of a Muslim Towards One Who Slanders the Prophet and His Companions

Date: 28 Dec 2010

Question: What is the ruling for one who slanders the holy prophet (PBUH) and 'Umar bin al-Khattab, even when I am the only one who heard it?  What is my duty towards him?

Answer:  Slander against the prophet (PBUH) and his companions is heresy, and the one who hears it should defend the prophet (PBUH) as well as his companions -- may God be pleased with them.  You should inform this person that this act is among the most heinous of crimes, and that he must cease from doing so forthwith, and offer sincere repentance to Almighty God.  This should be done with kindness and good advice, for perhaps this was done out of ignorance, or perhaps he was influenced by the environment in which he was brought up.  Therefore if he repents to Almighty God and turns away from his evil, then it is acceptable to accompany him (once more).  However, if he persists in his wickedness and his attacks against the prophet of God (PBUH) and his companions, and does not benefit from the advice (you gave him), then your duty is to abandon him.  Almighty God hath said:  "And it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them. Indeed Allah will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together -" (Qur'an 4.140).

See also the following fatwas:  nos. 41439, 29281, and 78218.

(Islamic) scholars have stated that he who reviles the prophet is an infidel, and it is incumbent upon the sultan to kill him, as Khalil said, in brief:  "He who reviled a prophet or king, or slandered him, or cursed him, or denounced him, or defamed him, or belittled him, or misrepresented his character, or attached a deficiency to his body, or attributes, or standing, or knowledge, or renounced him, or added unto him what was not permissible for him, or attributed to him what was not worthy of his position by way of slander, or if he said (any of this) about the prophet (PBUH), and cursed and said that he wanted to pierce/prick him; he was killed, and not called to repentance."

Now as for reviling his companions, it is strictly forbidden.  This was confirmed for the ex-migrants, for the prophet (PBUH) said:  "Do not revile my companions, for even if there were one of you that was worth his price in gold, he would not be worth even half of one of them" (reported in al-Bukhari and Muslim).

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