Haram Haqiqatjou #33: Mocking Muslim Public Figures with Name-Calling
Background
In this post on July 11th, 2023, Haqiqatjou name-calls three Muslim scholars by associating them with an action, or a public mistake they’ve committed. Here, “Sh Research Playboy” refers to Imam Suhaib Webb and his retweeting of a Playboy article featuring a Muslim woman. To make the haram act even worse, this is a mistake that Shaykh Suhaib recanted and apologized for in a YouTube video uploaded to his channel.
Haqiqatjou’s repeated use of the mocking “Imam Water Ritual” is slander against Imam Omar Suleiman, referring to an incident in which Imam Omar was involved in a human rights protest that involved water pouring. To make a haram act even worse, this is a mistake that Shaykh Omar immediately made tawba for, and apologized on a YouTube video uploaded to his channel.
Haqiqatjou mocks Shaykh Yasir Qadhi, referring to him as Sh “Holes in the Narrative”.
Haram Action
Daniel Haqiqatjou engages in mockery and slander, repeatedly referring to Muslim public figures by names that mock and slander their honor and image.
Evidence of Haram
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, a man might speak a word to make those around him laugh, yet by it, he plunges farther than the star of Pleiades.”
Source: Musnad Aḥmad 9220