Possible to curse people
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Is it possible for
people to curse someone? Can people actually cause misfortune to happen to
others, whether they are muslim
or not?
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Answer:
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can
misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We
bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Allah and His Messenger (saws)
have taught the believers to be good to mankind, and make only good
supplications for each other. Among
their teachings are to spread the Message of Peace of Salaams when they meet
each other, supplicate their brothers when they sneeze, supplicate for them when they
part, and supplicate for each other
whenever one gets an opportunity.
No believer should curse someone, unless when one has
been wronged. The one who has been
wronged has a right to invoke a curse on the person who oppresses him.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 148: Allah does not like that a person should
utter evil words except when one has been wronged. Allah is indeed All Hearing, All Knowing. If you go on doing good openly and secretly,
or at least refrain from evil, you should know that Allah is All
Forgiving, whereas He is All Powerful to
punish (if He Wills).
The Messenger of Allah (saws)
advised Hadrat Muadh ibn Jabal in an authentic
narration, when he appointed him a governor over people, “Do not oppress
people, and beware of the supplication of the oppressed. There is no veil between the supplication of
the oppressed and Allah Subhanah.”
Whether or not a curse actually
materializes is in the Sole Domain and Power of Allah Subhanah. Fortune and misfortune will only befalls a person isfthe Lord of
the Worlds Wills it. A believer must
always fear Allah and neither should he ever curse someone, nor should he fear the
curse or evil supplication anyone does on him, unless of course, he has wronged
or oppressed someone.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
