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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on declaring a specific individual a disbeliever if he commits one of the nullifiers of Islam

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is a specific individual declared a disbeliever if he commits one of the ten nullifiers of Islam, and who declares him a disbeliever for that?

Answer:
Declaring a specific individual a disbeliever who has committed an act of disbelief or spoken words of disbelief, while not being coerced, is that he is declared a disbeliever, and we rule accordingly regarding his outward state. As for his inner state, we leave his matter to Allah, unless he is ignorant and people like him are ignorant. In that case, we explain it to him. If he persists, he is declared a disbeliever. If he is ignorant and people like him are ignorant, coming from a distant land and not knowing that this is disbelief or that this is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and we explain it to him, if he accepts, praise be to Allah. If he does not accept, we declare him a disbeliever after the explanation. As for a person who lives among Muslims, studies in Muslim schools and Muslim homes, and hears the Qur'an, and then commits one of the nullifiers of Islam, there is no doubt in his disbelief because he is not excused. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يكفر المعين إذا أتى بشيء من نواقض الإسلام العشرة؟ ومن يكفره؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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