Question 1981) - A man says to another, "o son of adultery i.e. Bastard." The second man's mother is deceased and she was Muhsan. What is the ruling?

A: If the man demands it, the slanderer? will be lashed. The Hadd may not be demanded in the case of a slandered dead person except by one whose lineage is defiled by the slander i.e. the son and father.

~ al-Quduri ~