utter obscenities lest he or she expose him/herself to the Wrath of
Allaah The Almighty and disgrace in the eyes of people. Although
vulgarity is certainly dispraised and forbidden, foul words indeed
abound.
Motives behind this behavior
Obscenity originates from wickedness and ignobility. It is either
motivated by the intentionof harming others or is a habit acquired
from socializing with evil and debauched people, who are accustomed to
insulting others. Whatever the case, Allaah The Almighty has forbidden
crudelanguage in the verse (which means): {Allaah does not like the
public mention of evil except by one who has been wronged. And ever is
Allaah Hearing and Knowing.} [Quran 4:148]
Moreover, in His Book, He illustrated obscenity as characteristic of
hypocrites, describing their conduct with believers, saying (what
means): {But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues,
indisposed toward [any] good.} [Quran 33:19]
A believer does not imitate the insolent and crass people, preferring
to stick to chivalry for the sake of preserving his or her honor. It
was said in this regard,"Tolerating an abusive man is better than
being like him and forgiving the ignorant is better than copying him."
Examples of obscenity
There are many situations and times when people of weak faith and bad
manners resort to vulgarity. Imam Al-Ghazaali exemplified that by
saying: "Situations of obscenity are various. They can generally be
limited to any state that a personfeels ashamed to overtly divulge. In
this case, explicit words are considered obscenity. Therefore, one
must discuss such issues in vague terminology." Most of the relevant
examples would be those concerning sexual intercourse and its related
matters. While wicked people employ graphic and crass words when
speaking about this, the righteous avoid such crude language and
express themselveswith figurative speech. Are we not aware that even
Allaah The Almighty spoke indirectly about sexual intercourse,
mentioning instead, words like touching, entering with [women] and
companionship?
There is also obscenity in making remarks about women or defectsin men
that they may be ashamed of, such as a limp or baldness. Any such
comments, if necessary, should not be explicitly referred to.
The Prophet classified obscenity as a branch of hypocrisy and said,
"Indeed, Allaah hates the indecent and obscene person." Moreover, he
mentioned that vulgarity leads to Hell, when he said: "Modesty is from
faith, and faith is in Paradise; [whereas], obscenity is from
severity, and severity is in Hell."
Please note that crassness is also to use names of animals to describe
people. Imaam An-Nawawi said: "Among the vilified words which are
usually used is a person saying tohis enemy, 'O donkey; you goat; you
dog', and the like. It is ugly to utter these expressions because they
are lies and harmfulto others."
Dear brother, the Prophet even forbade abusing roosters, when he
instructed, "Do not insult the rooster, for it wakes [people] to
perform prayers.'' Bearing this in mind, could it be appropriate to
affront people who bear witness to the testimony of truth [i.e.,
Muslims]?
The admonition of the righteous predecessors
Our forefathers from the Companions and their successors were the
farthest people from obscenity and indecency. They seriously warned
others against this great evil which originates from lack of faith.
'Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood said,"The most wicked trait a believer may
possess is vulgarity." Similarly, Al-Ahnaf ibn Qays said, "I will tell
you about the worst of diseases: the crude tongue and bad morals."
That is why, when Abu Ad-Dardaa' saw an abusive woman, he remarked,
"Had she been dumb, it would have been better for her."
We supplicate to Allaah The Almighty to purify us from whatever
displeases Him; and may peace and blessings be uponthe Prophet
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