O ye who believe! let not some men among you laugh at others: it
may be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let
some women laugh at others: it may be that the (latter) are
better than the (former): nor defame nor be sarcastic to each
other nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming
is a name connoting wickedness (to be used of one) after he has
believed: And those who do not desist are (Indeed) doing wrong [4929] [4930] [Translation of al-Hujuraat (49:11) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali].
Notes:
4929 - Mutual ridicule ceases to be fun when there is arrogance
or selfishness or malice behind it. We may laugh with
people, to share in the happiness of life: we must never
laugh at people in contempt or ridicule. In many things
they may be better than ourselves!
4930 - Defamation may consist in speaking ill of others by the
spoken or written word, or in acting in such a way as to
suggest a charge against some person whom we are not in a
position to judge. A cutting, biting remark or taunt of
sarcasm is included in the word lamaza. An offensive
nickname may amount to defamation, but in any case there
is no point in using offensive nicknames, or names that
suggest some real or fancied defect. They ill accord with
the serious purpose which Muslims should have in life.
For example, even if a man is lame, it is wrong to
address him as "O lame one!" It causes him pain, and it
is bad manners. So in the case of the rude remark, "the
black man".
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