Declaring a specific person a disbeliever according to Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and the chapter on apostasy
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Question:
He asks: Is it known that Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) declared specific individuals to be disbelievers, or not? And what is the benefit of the existence of a chapter on apostasy?
Answer:
Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and other scholars and imams declare a person a disbeliever when the evidence from the Book and the Sunnah indicates his disbelief and his excuse is removed. There is no excuse for him. First, the evidence must be established that the act he committed is disbelief. Second, he must not be excused by any of the known excuses, such as ignorance, coercion, figurative interpretation, or otherwise. Shaykh Muhammad followed the methodology of the Salaf; he did not innovate anything on his own. Yes.
He asks: Is it known that Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) declared specific individuals to be disbelievers, or not? And what is the benefit of the existence of a chapter on apostasy?
Answer:
Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and other scholars and imams declare a person a disbeliever when the evidence from the Book and the Sunnah indicates his disbelief and his excuse is removed. There is no excuse for him. First, the evidence must be established that the act he committed is disbelief. Second, he must not be excused by any of the known excuses, such as ignorance, coercion, figurative interpretation, or otherwise. Shaykh Muhammad followed the methodology of the Salaf; he did not innovate anything on his own. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-037-الفرق بين التيسير الشرعي والمعاصر|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:53)
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