Disbelief: When it comes with the definite article (al-), it is major disbelief. Does the term "disbeliever" fall under this rule?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. May Allah keep you safe. There are many questions asked about the rule that when the word for disbelief (kufr) comes with the definite article (al-), it becomes major disbelief (shirk akbar). They say regarding His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:44]
Answer:
Disbelief is not the name "disbeliever." "Disbeliever" is an active participle. We say: when "disbelief" comes, not "disbeliever," if "disbelief" comes with the definite article (al-), it is major. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. May Allah keep you safe. There are many questions asked about the rule that when the word for disbelief (kufr) comes with the definite article (al-), it becomes major disbelief (shirk akbar). They say regarding His saying, the Exalted:
And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the disbelievers.
وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَAnswer:
Disbelief is not the name "disbeliever." "Disbeliever" is an active participle. We say: when "disbelief" comes, not "disbeliever," if "disbelief" comes with the definite article (al-), it is major. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [622 -939] الكفر إذا أتى معرفا بالألف واللام يكون الكفر الأكبر، فهل يدخل في القاعدة لفظة "الكافر" — youtube.com
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