CURSES IN ISLAM

In Islam, one can pray for God to curse someone. This is done with the Arabic word "''La'nat''". "''La'nat''" means deprivation, and can be used in expressions such as "''La'anatullah''", "May (he/she/it) be deprived of God's (blessings)". So, the curse is not to be understood as gaining evil, rather of losing the blessings of God.

Contents

Qur'an and Sunnah

Views

Sunni view

Shi'a view

See also

References

External links

Sunni view

Shia view

Qur'an quotes

Qur'an and Sunnah

There are in the Qur'an several verses where God deprived human populations from Gods blessings (cursed) because of their sins:
The end of the verse can be understood as ''"As for the unjust, their actions caused them to be deprived from the blessings of God, the angels and humans, all together."''
Also, there are hadith where Muhammad invoked Gods la'nat upon humans. The most famous hadith regarding invoking Gods curse is the Hadith of Mubahela, also mentioned in the Qur'an:
There was an ongoing treaty with the Christians of Najran in the 9 AH. The treaty was regarded of vital importance, it was not the result either of war. it ended in Mubahela between Muhammad and the Christians of Najran.^[1]

Views

Sunni view

Sunnis do not believe there are any spiritual rewards for cursing.
One of the classic Sunni scholars was asked about cursing Yezid, the tyrant and perpetrator of violence against the Ahlul-Bayt, and replied that he found it better to praise Hussayn, the martyred grandson of Muahmmad, than to curse Yezid .
The contemporary Sunni Grand Shaykh Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri from Pakistan, however, regards the cursing of Yezid and his ilk as not only permissible but praiseworthy .
The Ahbash Sunni movement in Lebanon, too, are reported to allow cursing the enemies of the Ahlul-Bayt, as they are established in Sunni sources as enemies of God .
Sunnis are known to have cursed upon Ubaid-Allah ibn Ziyad:
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Sunni scholar Shah Abdul Aziz:

Shi'a view

The Shi'a Muslims generally believe it to be Tabarra (one of the Shia Practices of the Religion). They further argue that the curse is a prayer, hence God is entitled to not accept the prayer and abstain from invoking the deprivation. Further, cursing is a Sunnah established by God himself in the Qur'an, Sunnat Allah. Shia also present hadith where the Shia Imams invoked the curse of Allah upon humans, and Fatimah cursing Umar and Abu Bakr:

See also

★ La'nat

★ Uprightness of all Sahaba

★ Umayyad tradition of cursing Ali

References

1. ref
2. Tafsir al-Mazhari Volume 5 page 21, under the commentary of Surah Ibrahim verse 28 [2]

External links

Sunni view

★ http://mac.abc.se/home/onesr/h/118.html - unsure about legality of Cursing Yazid I

★ http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00002141.aspx - recommending to abstain from cursing Yazid

★ http://www.muhammad.net/ebooks/riyad/17/chap264.htm

Shia view

★ answering-ansar - Cursing Sahaba; Shari'i penalty

Qur'an quotes

★ Allah's curse

★ Unbelievers:cursed