بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm
In the world of today it is very common to make fun of others and laugh at them, to joke about a group, cast or person in specific. And many of us don’t consider this bad but it is also not permissible in Islam.
In Islam our Lord ALLAH Almighty does not allow a believer to make fun of anyone, and also tells us not to insult any one nor call each other with offensive names. ALLAH The Most Merciful says in Quran in Surat Al-Ĥujurāt [49:11]
“O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one’s] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.”
ALLAH SWT says that may be the person you are laughing at is better then you in many perspectives and considering that, you might be doing wrong by laughing at them. ALLAH the Great also orders us not to insult anyone because all the name, fame, status and glory we have in this word is given by one and onlyALLAH Almighty, and we have no right to insult anyone else’s status and name. ALLAH SWT also says that we are not supposed to call any one with offensive nicknames either. These are human rights, and I bet that if you were there being laughed at instead of them you wouldn’t like it either. One more thing that I understand from this ayah is that we don’t just have to stop ourselves from doing it, we are also supposed to stop others from doing it as well, “…let not a people…”, LET NOT others do it either.
One last thing that I understand from the last part of this ayah is that if we don’t repent after we have readALLAH’s commands then indeed we are the wrong doers.
“…And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.”[49:11]
Oh ALLAH SWT please help us obey this ayah and help us not become one of the wrong doers …AMEEN
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