When is a person who was a disbeliever and then embraced Islam not considered to be a recent convert from disbelief?
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Question:
When a disbeliever embraces Islam and enters into Islam, when is it not said that he is a recent convert from disbelief?
Answer:
If his Islam is recent. If his entry into Islam was recent in time, then he is a recent convert from disbelief. But if there was a long period between his Islam, meaning after his Islam, then he is not a recent convert from disbelief. Yes.
When a disbeliever embraces Islam and enters into Islam, when is it not said that he is a recent convert from disbelief?
Answer:
If his Islam is recent. If his entry into Islam was recent in time, then he is a recent convert from disbelief. But if there was a long period between his Islam, meaning after his Islam, then he is not a recent convert from disbelief. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، متى يُعتبر من كان كافرًا وأسلم ليس حديث عهدٍ بكفر؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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