Fatwa on mocking rites at religious gatherings

By Mahmud Khattab al-Subki

فتوى السخرية بالشعائر في الترقية والمجالس

A question on acclaiming the dead and raising voices at funerals, and on gatherings that mock the Qur'an, angels and prayer; the Al-Azhar answer calls them innovations and holds that such mockery takes its doer out of religion.