I saw a man perform an act of shirk (associating partners with Allah), then I explained to him that this is shirk, and he repented from it. Is he required to verbally pronounce the testimony of faith?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I see a man perform an act of shirk (associating partners with Allah), then I explain to him that this is shirk, and he repents from it, is he required to verbally pronounce the testimony of faith?
Answer:
If he was a Muslim, and he was a Muslim when he committed shirk (associating partners with Allah), he must verbally pronounce the testimony of faith. But if he was not a Muslim, and I explained this to him, he enters Islam anew; he is not an apostate who then repented. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I see a man perform an act of shirk (associating partners with Allah), then I explain to him that this is shirk, and he repents from it, is he required to verbally pronounce the testimony of faith?
Answer:
If he was a Muslim, and he was a Muslim when he committed shirk (associating partners with Allah), he must verbally pronounce the testimony of faith. But if he was not a Muslim, and I explained this to him, he enters Islam anew; he is not an apostate who then repented. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [480 -939] رأيت رجلا فعل فعلا شركيا، ثم بينت له أن هذا شرك، وتاب منه، فهل عليه أن يتلفظ بالشهادة؟ — youtube.com
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