The Meaning of Disbelief in the Hadith: “The Covenant Between Us and Them Is Prayer”
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner asks about the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Mishkat al-Masabih 574, where it mentions that disbelief is an abomination. Does this refer to minor shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
We have not heard that an action becomes an abomination of disbelief, where an action is committed and then excused. He said, “Disbelief, what is this strange understanding?” Yes, “he disbelieved” is a past-tense verb; it is not an abomination. However, his statement that fighting a Muslim, insulting a Muslim, and fighting him in the marketplace is disbelief—this is minor shirk (associating partners with Allah), because it is an abomination, because it is a name. As for what is with us, it is an action, not a name.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner asks about the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
as saying, “The covenant between us and them is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become an infidel.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركها فقد كفرAnswer:
We have not heard that an action becomes an abomination of disbelief, where an action is committed and then excused. He said, “Disbelief, what is this strange understanding?” Yes, “he disbelieved” is a past-tense verb; it is not an abomination. However, his statement that fighting a Muslim, insulting a Muslim, and fighting him in the marketplace is disbelief—this is minor shirk (associating partners with Allah), because it is an abomination, because it is a name. As for what is with us, it is an action, not a name.
Source
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