Is the disbelief in the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) statement, “Cursing a Muslim is open sinfulness, and fighting him is disbelief,” the minor disbelief?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks about the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) statement:Mishkat al-Masabih 574 It mentions “disbelief” in the past tense. Does this refer to minor disbelief?
Answer:
We have not heard that the act becomes a denunciation of disbelief as a past-tense verb, my brother. He did not say “disbelief” in the sense of that strange understanding. Yes, “one who has disbelieved” is a past-tense verb; it is not a noun. Yes, but his statement, “Cursing a Muslim is open sinfulness, and fighting him is disbelief,” this is minor disbelief. Yes, it is minor disbelief because it is a noun. As for what is with us, the verb is not a noun. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks about the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) statement:
as saying, “The covenant between us and them is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become an infidel.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة فمن تركها فقد كفرAnswer:
We have not heard that the act becomes a denunciation of disbelief as a past-tense verb, my brother. He did not say “disbelief” in the sense of that strange understanding. Yes, “one who has disbelieved” is a past-tense verb; it is not a noun. Yes, but his statement, “Cursing a Muslim is open sinfulness, and fighting him is disbelief,” this is minor disbelief. Yes, it is minor disbelief because it is a noun. As for what is with us, the verb is not a noun. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [265 -560] هل الكفر في قوله ﷺ "سباب المسلم فسوق وقتاله كفرٌ" هل هو الكفر الأصغر؟ — youtube.com
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