DAILY FIQH
Question: Is it permissible to curse specific individuals who are tyrants or disbelievers?
Answer: It is not permissible to invoke a curse upon a specific person, whether he be a Muslim or a Kaafir. The essences of a curse is that a person be distanced from the mercy of Allah. One should never desire that for a Believer. As for a non-Muslim, there remains the possibility that he/she may believe before death. Hence it is not permissible to curse a specific living person.
It will, however, be permissible to curse a particular individual who died as a Kaafir, e.g. Firoun, Abu Lahab, Abu Jahal, etc. Similarly, it is permissible to invoke the curse of Allah on liars or oppressors in general. [Shami 3/416]
And Allah Knows Best
Yusuf Moosagie
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