The Meaning of the Hadith: Whoever Separates from the Community Dies the Death of Ignorance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2863Sahih (Darussalam) dies the death of ignorance, what is the meaning of "the death of ignorance"? And does it indicate that he is a disbeliever because of that?
Answer:
No, it does not indicate that he is a disbeliever, but it indicates that he possesses a trait of the traits of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. The people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance did not submit to an imam, and they had no obedience or submission. The tribe was the state for them. Yes, only their tribe. This is the custom of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
whoever parts from the Jama'ah the measure of a hand-span
من فارق الجماعة قيد شبرAnswer:
No, it does not indicate that he is a disbeliever, but it indicates that he possesses a trait of the traits of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. The people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance did not submit to an imam, and they had no obedience or submission. The tribe was the state for them. Yes, only their tribe. This is the custom of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 27-06-1438هـ — af.org.sa (1:17:59)
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