Insulting The Dead

It has been narrated by Ibn Asaakir:

لَمَّا قَدِمَ عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ أَبِي جَهْلٍ الْمَدِينَةَ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ فَجَعَلُوا , يَقُولُونَ : هَذَا ابْنُ أَبِي جَهْلٍ ، هَذَا ابْنُ أَبِي جَهْلٍ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ : ” لا تُؤْذُوا الأَحْيَاءَ بِسَبٍّ بِالأَمْوَاتِ

When Ikrimah the son of Abu Jahl, came to Madinah, people gathered and said: “This is the son of Abu Jahl, this is the son of Abu Jahl!”
The Prophet said: “Don’t harm the living by insulting the dead.”

[“Tarikh Dimashq”, 11/758, with a good chain وإسناده جيد].

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* Ikrimah had converted to Islam, while his father Abu Jahl died on kufr. Abu Jahl means “father of ignorance”. His father was called the “pharaoh of this nation”, due to his emnity to Islam. Nevertheless, the Prophet did not allow his companions to disrespect his father in front of him.

Sadaq Allah al-Adheem:
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
“And you [O Mohammad] are truly a man of outstanding character.” [68:4].