Definition of Apostasy, Its Types, and the Nullifiers of Islam
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, Abu al-Sami says: What is apostasy, and when does apostasy occur in belief? Is the apostasy of a person of discernment established? Apostasy
Answer:
is returning from Islam. Apostasy is returning from Islam. One who apostatizes has turned back, and turning back from Islam occurs by committing one of the nullifiers of Islam, such as shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
It occurs through speech, through action, through belief, and through doubt. These are the four matters. If one speaks words of disbelief, and he is not coerced, then he becomes a disbeliever by that. And if he performs an act of disbelief, such as prostrating to other than Allah or slaughtering for other than Allah, or if he abandons the prayer, then this is disbelief that takes one out of the religion.
And if he believes in his heart that what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought is not correct, or if he doubts, or if he believes that the prophethood of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not true, like the state of the hypocrites. The hypocrites testify that he is the Messenger of Allah, but they lie about it in their hearts. This is apostasy.
This is apostasy, or doubt. He says, "I do not know if it is true or not true, if he is a Messenger or not a Messenger, if what he said is true, if what he mentioned about Paradise and the Fire is true or not true." If he doubts, this is disbelief and apostasy. So apostasy occurs through speech, through action, through belief, and through doubt. The nullifiers are very numerous. The Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned ten nullifiers in a separate treatise, and the jurists mentioned many nullifiers in the books of jurisprudence.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, Abu al-Sami says: What is apostasy, and when does apostasy occur in belief? Is the apostasy of a person of discernment established? Apostasy
Answer:
is returning from Islam. Apostasy is returning from Islam. One who apostatizes has turned back, and turning back from Islam occurs by committing one of the nullifiers of Islam, such as shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
It occurs through speech, through action, through belief, and through doubt. These are the four matters. If one speaks words of disbelief, and he is not coerced, then he becomes a disbeliever by that. And if he performs an act of disbelief, such as prostrating to other than Allah or slaughtering for other than Allah, or if he abandons the prayer, then this is disbelief that takes one out of the religion.
And if he believes in his heart that what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought is not correct, or if he doubts, or if he believes that the prophethood of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not true, like the state of the hypocrites. The hypocrites testify that he is the Messenger of Allah, but they lie about it in their hearts. This is apostasy.
This is apostasy, or doubt. He says, "I do not know if it is true or not true, if he is a Messenger or not a Messenger, if what he said is true, if what he mentioned about Paradise and the Fire is true or not true." If he doubts, this is disbelief and apostasy. So apostasy occurs through speech, through action, through belief, and through doubt. The nullifiers are very numerous. The Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned ten nullifiers in a separate treatise, and the jurists mentioned many nullifiers in the books of jurisprudence.
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