Is it permissible to curse Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf Al-Thaqafi, who is accused of killing, torturing, and oppressing Muslims, and what is the ruling on declaring him an infidel, and who are his most prominent victims, such as Abdullah ibn Al-Zubayr?
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Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf Al-Thaqafi is well-known for his excessive bloodshed, and among those he killed was the esteemed Companion Abdullah ibn Al-Zubayr. It is not permissible to curse Al-Hajjaj or any other specific transgressor (fasiq), as the general principle is the prohibition of cursing a Muslim, except for those whose cursing has been established by religious law or through general cursing.
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