Haram Haqiqatjou

Background
When Daniel Haqiqatjou’s Twitter page was shut down, his biggest platform became Telegram. In this message to his followers, Daniel suggests that addressing the issue of domestic violence in the Muslim community is “nonsense”, and that only statistics could validate this issue. As is well-established, data is difficult to come by, especially when women are reluctant to speak out.

Haram Action
Daniel employs terms of mockery and sarcasm to illicit responses from those affected by a given issue. In this case, he says “screeching and moaning about Muslim domestic violence” to garner responses from the far left who may overstate the issue. Nonetheless, this is terribly unprophetic language. It is irresponsible and unbefitting of an individual with a significant following to speak of a serious matter in this way, belittling the reality – whether major or not – of domestic violence.

Evidence of Haram
Throughout the book of Allah SWT, the enemies of the prophets and the hypocrites are described as mocking, belittling and making sarcastic comments about the prophets and the righteous. That is why Allah says, “We shall be sufficient in dealing with those who make fun of you” [Ḥijr; 95]. In addition, the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Woe to the one who talks about something to make the people laugh, in which he lies. Woe to him! Woe to him!” (Jami Tirmidhi)

Date: July 28, 2022

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Haram Haqiqatjou #2: Insulting Zaid Shakir

Breonna Taylor, Omar Suleiman, Zaid Shakir

Background
Zaid Shakir published an essay of reflection on the tragic killing of Breonna Taylor at the hands of police. Taylor did not engage in a “shootout with the police”, and instead was murdered in a “no-knock” raid.

Haram Action
Haqiqatjou committed haram by lying about the incident that occurred and by insulting fellow Muslims (and scholars) by questioning their love for fellow Muslims. He also uses sarcastic and demeaning language like “crying hot tears” in reference to orthodox Muslim scholars.

Evidence of Haram
Throughout the book of Allah SWT, the enemies of the prophets and the hypocrites are described as mocking, belittling, and making sarcastic comments about the prophets and the righteous. That is why Allah says, “We shall be sufficient in dealing with those who make fun of you” [Ḥijr; 95]. In addition, the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Woe to the one who talks about something to make the people laugh, in which he lies. Woe to him! Woe to him!” (Jami Tirmidhi)
The Prophet PBUH was asked, “Can a believer be a coward? He said, “Yes, he can be a coward. Then it was asked whether a believer could be a miser? He replied, “Yes, he can be a miser”, it was then asked whether a believer could be a liar? He replied, “No, a believer cannot be a liar.” (Malik, Mishkaat)

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Haram Haqiqatjou #1: Name-Calling Hasib Noor

Hasib Noor, Name Calling

Background
Hasib Noor, an Islamic scholar who graduated from the faculty of Shariah, the Islamic University of Madinah, made du’a for Rasmus Paludan to accept Islam. As a result, Haqiqatjou committed haram by calling him a name “hasimp” as a play on his name utilizing the commonly known insult, “simp”, which refers to a male who enjoys submissiveness to a female. We should be reminded that Rasulullah (saw) made du’a for those who stoned him at Ta’if.

Haram Action
Daniel Haqiqatjou engages in name-calling and slander. This example is one of many in which he labels Hasib Noor as a simp, even distorting his to “hasimp”, a combination of Hasib and the insulting term.

Evidence of Haram
Abu Jabirah ibn al-Dahhak reported: A man used to have two or three names by which he was called. Perhaps he hated one of them, so Allah revealed the verse, “Do not insult each other with offensive nicknames.” (49:11) The Prophet (ﷺ) also said, “The believer is the brother of another believer…he does not belittle him” [Muslim].

Date(s): September 2, 2021, January 24, 2023