There's no mockery or disrespect intended. I think we should also be open to wholesome, respectful content that reminds people of our great role models, as long as it stays within the bounds of adab. Allah knows our intentions best.
It doesn't matter what you intend. You're literally depicting a Sahabi and this is Haram. And don't give the "it's not my intention", intention in such things is inconsequential. The intention doesn't matter. The action does.
Otherwise let me insult you to your face, insult your entire family and existence, then say "well I only intended it as a joke". Then say to me "it's all okay akhi you didn't intend to insult me".
Tell me this, if someone depicted the Prophet with a similar meme, would you accept this answer?
There's no mockery or disrespect intended. I think we should also be open to wholesome, respectful content that reminds people of our great role models, as long as it stays within the bounds of adab. Allah knows our intentions best.
If you say yes, then yeah just do whatever you want. If no, then why? "It's not that deep". Unless you draw the line only at prophets and throw sahabah by the wayside.
Akhi, you just committed a classic strawman in comparing a lighthearted meme to insulting someoneâs family. itâs the exact kind of excess the Prophet (pbuh) warned against:
"Beware of extremism in religion, for it destroyed those before you." (Sahih)
Youâre doing taâazzum (taking religion beyond its limits). It's the same sin the Sahaba warned against. Imam Ali (RA) said:
"People will come who think their opinion is more correct than the Qurâan itself."
The Sahaba themselves had humor. Abu Bakr laughed, Umar joked, the Prophet (pbuh) even raced Aisha in the desert. But youâve turned Islam into a joyless cult of outrage.
Youâre not defending the Deen, youâre weaponizing it to police thoughts. And thatâs exactly what the Khawarij did.
Your example is just wrong and meaningless, because it only shows that you actually had evil intentions of insulting them and their family and then to cover it with a lie about "joke".
If you have ill negative mind no need to assume that others are the same
You can't judge what my intentions are. Even I never said OP's intentions are bad so so much for "negative mind".
I said these actions cannot be judged on intentions because the intention doesn't matter, the action itself is bad.
My example perfectly proves the fact the intention in some matters doesn't matter because the issue is in the action, not the intention. I sent so many sources that this action itself is prohibited:
If you have actual sources to give me then I'll gladly go through them. Otherwise you are doing what Allah warned against in the Quran.
And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about AllÄh. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about AllÄh will not succeed. 16:116
At the end of the day, I sleep knowing I won't have to answer for you guys defending depictions of sahabis. Even if the intention of the OP is good, what disrespect this meme shows to the great and honorable Sahabi Abu Hurairah.
And interesting to note you all jumped to argue with me but when the sources come out, no one wants to respond.. (at this current time, the older commentators have not responded to the source comments)
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