What is the ruling on reviling time (ad-dahr) metaphorically, without reviling Allah Almighty, and without believing that time is an agent, and without feeling that one is reviling a creature or the cause of it?
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Whoever curses time, while not believing that it is an agent and not intending to curse Allah Almighty, but rather curses it because it is a container that encompassed what he dislikes, is sinful and disobedient, because the forbade cursing time absolutely. Cursing time in this case is forbidden and does not reach the level of (associating partners with Allah), but it is a sign of foolishness in intellect and straying in religion, because the reality of his cursing refers back to Allah Almighty, as He is the One who directs time and creates in it whatever He wills.
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