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Does my saying "You are the son of Iblis" to someone who commits evil deeds constitute apostasy towards his father?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Disbelief does not occur merely by uttering this word. However, a Muslim should be chaste in speech and keen on respecting people and being gentle in their words, as Allah Almighty says: ﴿And speak to people good words﴾, and His saying: ﴿So by mercy from Allah, [O Muhammad], you were lenient with them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you﴾, and His saying to Moses and Aaron: ﴿And speak to him with gentle speech that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [Allah]﴾.

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