Haram Haqiqatjou #9: Lying and Associating Scholars with Haram

Background
In this Telegram chat message, Daniel mocks “Zaid Shakir and his buddy Omar Suleiman”, lying about their political and social views. This has been a consistent part of Haqiqatjou’s messaging in which he continuously associates certain terms with Muslim scholars. Here, he directly reinforces his messaging of “compassionate imams”, associating scholars with the most haram of actions.

Haram Action
He slanders and mocks mainstream shuyookh. He first claims that they are in Washington DC “protesting new LGBT laws that will force Islamic schools to teach gay history”, then states he’s “just kidding”, only to then slander Zaid as being someone who supports “whatever laws Washington puts on the books, as long as those laws are about protecting (i.e., imposing) LGBT rights”. This is categorically haram and is a lie about Zaid Shakir’s character and integrity.

Evidence of Haram
Aisha reported: There was no behavior more hateful to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, than dishonesty. A man would tell a lie when speaking in the presence of the Prophet and he would not be satisfied until he knew that he had repented. (Sunan al-Tirmidhī 1973)
Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever intercedes to obstruct a prescribed punishment from Allah, he has opposed Allah. Whoever argues in falsehood and he knows it, Allah will be angry with him until he retracts it. Whoever claims about a believer what is not true about him, Allah will lodge him in a putrid sinkhole of Hell until he recants his claim.”
Samurah ibn Jundub reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I saw a dream at night in which two men came to me. They said: The one whose face you saw being torn away was a great liar, who would tell a lie and it would be carried until it reaches the horizon. This will be done to him until the Day of Resurrection.” (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5745)