Are Cruel Jokes Haram

[Lion of Shia]

Some one told me a Cruel Joke wasn't a sin, but it seems it is,What is the majority opinion on it? This is the Urban Dictionary definition

Cruel Joke: A inside joke that a group of people play on a person they envy, dislike or hate for their own amusement.

Watch the movie Ride Along with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, when Ice Cube playing a police officer, calls a 126 in on his police dispatcher. 

Man I believe Darius and Walter are playing a cruel joke on me. They keep having this crack head walk pass my window, right when they know I'm showering in the morning, just so he could creep me out. Sucks.

by WordsSmithSmarts June 8, 2014

Edited September 26 by Hameedeh
Links to Urban Dictionary removed. That site continually has profanity.

[Ashvazdanghe]

6 hours ago, Lion of Shia said:

Some one told me a Cruel Joke wasn't a sin, but it seems it is,What is the majority opinion on it? This is the Urban Dictionary definition

Salam surely it's a sin in similar fashion of prank jokes which both of these are great sins 

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[Dreamcatcher]

I believe this comes under category of Gheebah and even if it did not, making someone feel humiliated is very obviously not okay and a sin. Even the best of friends may do this to each other while they may not mind it later but at that moment, they do feel vulnerable and humiliated whether they say it or not so it is a problem.

Edited September 26 by Dreamcatcher

[notme]

Cruelty is haram.

"Jokes" are only jokes when everyone involved thinks they are funny, and calling it a "joke" does not excuse inappropriate behavior, ever.