Saajid Lipham – Haram Haqiqatjou

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

Haram Haqiqatjou

Haram Haqiqatjou #11: Referring to a Muslim Scholar as a “Bootlicker”

Saajid Lipham, Shaykh Albani, Shaykh Uthaymeen

Background
Saajid Lipham, a former friend of Daniel Haqiqatjou’s, advocates for an approach that outlaws rebellion against the ruler except for situations in which the ruler publicizes their disbelief. After their fallout, Daniel resorted to name-calling and insults.

Haram Action
Daniel refers to Saajid as a bootlicker, and suggests his subscribers on Telegram also share this video with similar “bootlickers.” This is haram and low language.

Evidence of Haram
“The Prophet ﷺ was not one who would abuse others or say obscene words, or curse …” (Bukhaari). The Prophet ﷺ said, “The believer is the brother of another believer…he does not belittle him” [Muslim]. Never once did the Prophet (ﷺ) mock another person and scholars have agreed that it is haram.

Date: February 1, 2023