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Insult is among deadly sin and is considered lousy both logically and morally. However, some jurisprudents advocate and justify it using proofs from Quran and Sunnah. As a case in point, insult is approved, if it is to retaliate, which is known as verbal retribution or retaliated insult.
In this study, the verses that have been used to support verbal retribution have been criticized and disproved.
The used Hadiths have been spurned both in regard to their validity and justifiability. Moreover, it has been referred to a series of verses and Hadiths to prove that verbal retribution is not permissible. As a foundation, irrespective of the type of insult-whether without any causes or retaliated- and proving that insults are inherently bad and evil in Islam, impermissibility of verbal retaliation and minding ones words are considered as God's right, according to which both parties involved in exchange of insult are condemned to discretionary punishment.
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