Haram Haqiqatjou #14: Slandering Saajid Lipham

Background

In a live stream from his YouTube page The Muslim Skeptic, Daniel Haqiqatjou slanders Saajid Lipham and calls him a bootlicker, something he has done via social media prior to this Livestream. While Haqiqatjou recants his slander immediately after slandering Saajid Lipham, the damage is done by name association. He has repeatedly associated Lipham and others with the term bootlickers.

Haram Action
Daniel Haqiqatjou slanders Saajid Lipham.

Evidence of Haram
Calling people with offensive nicknames, especially slanderous ones, is an act of clear haram. Allah SWT says: {…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.} [Quran 49:11]
Hudhayfah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The slanderer will not enter Paradise.”

Date: February 15, 2023