Is one who playfully calls his male cousin on his mother's side a "faggot" (لوطي), without knowing the Sharia ruling on that, sinful?
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Slandering and the like are absolutely forbidden, even if done in jest, because it is foul language that involves slander or cursing, and a Muslim has a sanctity that must not be violated. For joking to be permissible, it must not contain lies or cause fear to a Muslim; otherwise, it becomes forbidden.
As for not knowing the ruling, ignorance of a ruling is generally one of the impediments to accountability that lifts the sin.
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