If a person deliberately opposes the Book and the Sunnah, does that make him a disbeliever?
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Question:
The questioner says: If a person deliberately opposes the Book and the Sunnah, does that make him a disbeliever? Does he? If a person deliberately opposes the Book and the Sunnah, does that make him a disbeliever?
Answer:
This varies. If he did it while knowing that he was in opposition, but his desire overcame him—his desire or his lust overcame him—then he is a sinner. But if he did it deliberately, knowing that it is not permissible, and he deliberately commits it, then he is in danger of kufr (disbelief). Yes.
The questioner says: If a person deliberately opposes the Book and the Sunnah, does that make him a disbeliever? Does he? If a person deliberately opposes the Book and the Sunnah, does that make him a disbeliever?
Answer:
This varies. If he did it while knowing that he was in opposition, but his desire overcame him—his desire or his lust overcame him—then he is a sinner. But if he did it deliberately, knowing that it is not permissible, and he deliberately commits it, then he is in danger of kufr (disbelief). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل إذا تعمد الشخص مخالفة الكتاب والسنة يكفر بذلك؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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