What is required of one who has committed disbelief that takes him out of the religion, whether disbelief of denial or disbelief of action, and then repents? Is he required to perform the full ritual bath and pronounce the two testimonies?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. What is required of one who has committed disbelief that takes him out of the religion, whether disbelief of denial or disbelief of action, may Allah protect us, and then repents? Is he required to perform the full ritual bath and pronounce the two testimonies? And what else is required of him? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Pronouncing the two testimonies is obligatory for the apostate or the original disbeliever; it is a necessity. One does not enter Islam except through the two testimonies: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 3927Sahih (Darussalam) (Mighty and Majestic is He). Therefore, pronouncing the two testimonies is necessary for entering Islam, for the apostate and for the original disbeliever, and one does not enter Islam without them.
As for performing the full ritual bath, it is recommended according to some scholars; it is recommended according to some people of knowledge. If he performs the full ritual bath, that is good, because it removes dirt and filth from him, cleanses him, and prepares him for entering Islam and for acts of worship, and it removes the effects of disbelief from him. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. What is required of one who has committed disbelief that takes him out of the religion, whether disbelief of denial or disbelief of action, may Allah protect us, and then repents? Is he required to perform the full ritual bath and pronounce the two testimonies? And what else is required of him? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Pronouncing the two testimonies is obligatory for the apostate or the original disbeliever; it is a necessity. One does not enter Islam except through the two testimonies: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
I have been commanded to fight the people until they say: La ilaha illallah. If they say it, then their blood and wealth are protected from me, except for a right that is due from it, and their reckoning will be with Allah.
أمرت أن أقاتل الناس حتى يقولوا لا إله إلا الله، فإذا قالوها عصموا مني دماءهم وأموالهم إلا بحقها وحسابهم على اللهAs for performing the full ritual bath, it is recommended according to some scholars; it is recommended according to some people of knowledge. If he performs the full ritual bath, that is good, because it removes dirt and filth from him, cleanses him, and prepares him for entering Islam and for acts of worship, and it removes the effects of disbelief from him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماذا يلزم من كفر كفرا مخرجا من الملة، كفر جحود أو كفر عمل، ثم تاب، هل يلزمه الغسل والنطق بالشهادتين؟ — youtube.com
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