Question
I was listening to a lecture by a prominent Maulana in which he said: "On a lighter note a boy came to his father and asked him where did we originate from. The father replied: 'From Aadam (alayhis salaam) and Hawwa (alayhis salaam).' He went to his mother who was an academic and asked the same question. She replied that we came from apes according to darwin's theory. The boy now confused came back to his father and told him what his mother said. The father replied: 'I told you from where I came. Coming from apes is your mother's origin." Is this kind of joking allowed in a bayaan? Is it not bordering on kufr?
Answer
Although the Maulana Sahib did not intend kufr, nevertheless, he did not apply his mind when he made this haraam joke. It was extremely improper for the Maulana to have made such a vile joke which in fact is kufr. It makes a mockery of an important teaching of the Deen. Assuming that the child's mother did make such a statement, then she would have become a murtad and the Nikah would have ended. It is not permissible to even joke with kufr. Making such crude and kufr jokes negates the gravity of the kufr of darwin's baboonic theory. The Maulana Saheb had erred in cracking this joke of kufr.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 22 No 06
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- 7
Appears under A KUFR JOKE (approximate).