The Difference Between the Atheist and the Polytheist, and Which of the Two Is More Severe in Disbelief?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The atheist who denies the existence of Allah and negates it, is his ruling the same as the ruling of the atheist who denies the existence of Allah and negates it? And he negates, he negates
The Shaykh:
he negates it. Yes.
The questioner:
And he denies the existence of Allah, is his ruling exactly the same as the ruling of the one who associates partners with Allah?
The Shaykh:
No, the polytheist is less severe than him; the polytheist is less severe than the atheist, because the polytheist acknowledges Allah and testifies to Allah, but he made a partner for Him. As for the atheist, he denies the existence of Allah, saying there is no Lord and no Creator. This is from the naturalists. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The atheist who denies the existence of Allah and negates it, is his ruling the same as the ruling of the atheist who denies the existence of Allah and negates it? And he negates, he negates
The Shaykh:
he negates it. Yes.
The questioner:
And he denies the existence of Allah, is his ruling exactly the same as the ruling of the one who associates partners with Allah?
The Shaykh:
No, the polytheist is less severe than him; the polytheist is less severe than the atheist, because the polytheist acknowledges Allah and testifies to Allah, but he made a partner for Him. As for the atheist, he denies the existence of Allah, saying there is no Lord and no Creator. This is from the naturalists. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 264- الفرق بين المُلحِد والمشرك، وأيُّهما أشدُّ كفرًا؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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