What are the pillars of Islam for which one who abandons them is fought?
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Question:
The questioner: What is the pillar that, if a Muslim abandons it intentionally, makes him a disbeliever? Is it only abandoning the prayer and the two testimonies, or is it all the pillars of Islam, given that Abu Bakr fought those who refused to pay the zakah?
Answer:
Yes, the pillars for which one who abandons them is fought are the three: tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the prayer, and the zakah.[At-Tawbah 9:5] Those who abandon the zakah and do not pay it, saying that its time ended with the death of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), there is no doubt that they have exited Islam. Yes.
As for the one who withholds it and says, "No, it remains; its payment remains, and I testify that it is true and that it remains obligatory from its payment until the Hour stands," but he withholds it out of stinginess only, this does not make him a disbeliever. If he withholds it out of stinginess while acknowledging its obligation and its status as a pillar, this does not make him a disbeliever. However, it is taken from him by force, and if this leads to fighting him, then he is fought. Yes.
The questioner: What is the pillar that, if a Muslim abandons it intentionally, makes him a disbeliever? Is it only abandoning the prayer and the two testimonies, or is it all the pillars of Islam, given that Abu Bakr fought those who refused to pay the zakah?
Answer:
Yes, the pillars for which one who abandons them is fought are the three: tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the prayer, and the zakah.
But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed,
فَإِن تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ فَخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهُمْ إِنَّAs for the one who withholds it and says, "No, it remains; its payment remains, and I testify that it is true and that it remains obligatory from its payment until the Hour stands," but he withholds it out of stinginess only, this does not make him a disbeliever. If he withholds it out of stinginess while acknowledging its obligation and its status as a pillar, this does not make him a disbeliever. However, it is taken from him by force, and if this leads to fighting him, then he is fought. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1929- 4717] ما هي أركان الإسلام التي يقاتل من تركها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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