Cursing (al-La'n)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

Al-La`n (curse) means deprivation of Allah's Mercy. The act of cursing is such that one who does it can become himself a victim of it. So, a person should abstain from cursing.

The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, said, “If a slave curses somebody or something, the curse ascends to heaven, then the doors of the sky close before it, then it descends to the earth, then its doors close before it, then it goes right and left, then if it does not find a place to go, it returns to the one cursed if he is worthy of it otherwise it returns to the one who uttered it." (Abu Dawood)

The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Those who frequently resort to cursing (people) would neither be accepted as witnesses nor as intercessors on the Day of Resurrection." (Muslim)

The person like that has no value with Allah, and his testimony and intercession will not be considered on the Day of Judgement.

It is permissible to curse all those whom Allah and His Messenger have cursed, but it is impermissible to direct a curse towards a specific person unless it is certain that he died outside of Islam, for example Abu Jahl and Fir’aun. It is also impermissible to curse animals and inanimate objects.

A man cursed the wind in the presence of the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant
him peace, to which he replied, “Do not curse the wind, for it is commanded [i.e.
subservient to the command of Allah]. Verily, whoever curses something that is
not worthy of being cursed, the curse goes back to him.” (Tirmidhi)

It is reported that a man cursed a mosquito (burghuth), so the Prophet, Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, “Don’t curse it, for it awoke a prophet of the
prophets of Allah for the prayer.” (Bukhari)

A person should not curse a Muslim who committed a sin, even a sin that deserves a
divinely prescribed punishment, rather, he seeks Allah’s forgiveness for him.

May Allah have mercy on us. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam