The ruling on the one who declares the abandoner of prayer a disbeliever and the one who does not
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Question:
May Allah reward you, our honorable professor. This questioner says: Some people rule that the one who declares the abandoner of prayer a disbeliever is from the Khawarij, and some rule that the one who does not declare the abandoner of prayer a disbeliever is from the Murji'ah. What is your guidance in this matter?
Answer:
The one who declared the abandoner of prayer a disbeliever is the Messenger. If the Messenger is from the Khawarij? This is false speech. The one who declared him a disbeliever is the Messenger. He said: There is a difference between justice and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah). And he said: The covenant between us and them is prayer. So is the Messenger from the Khawarij?
This is a false statement, and may Allah protect us from it. The one who declared him a disbeliever did not say this from his own opinion; he did not say it except with evidence from the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and indeed with evidence from the Qur'an.[At-Tawbah 9:5] [At-Tawbah 9:11] indicates that the one who does not accept the prayer is not among our brothers. He spoke about [Al-Muddaththir 74:41-43] the Muslims. It is Allah and His Messenger who declared them disbelievers.
How can it be said that he is from the Khawarij? As for the one who says that the abandoner of prayer is not a disbeliever and contradicts the evidence, he is mistaken. It is not said that he is from the Murji'ah; it is said that he is mistaken. Does he contradict the evidence? No, he says he is from the Murji'ah, but it is said: he contradicted the evidence. Yes.
May Allah reward you, our honorable professor. This questioner says: Some people rule that the one who declares the abandoner of prayer a disbeliever is from the Khawarij, and some rule that the one who does not declare the abandoner of prayer a disbeliever is from the Murji'ah. What is your guidance in this matter?
Answer:
The one who declared the abandoner of prayer a disbeliever is the Messenger. If the Messenger is from the Khawarij? This is false speech. The one who declared him a disbeliever is the Messenger. He said: There is a difference between justice and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah). And he said: The covenant between us and them is prayer. So is the Messenger from the Khawarij?
This is a false statement, and may Allah protect us from it. The one who declared him a disbeliever did not say this from his own opinion; he did not say it except with evidence from the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and indeed with evidence from the Qur'an.
But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way
فَإِن تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ فَخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهُمْBut if they repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, then they are your brothers in religion
فَإِن تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ فَإِخْوَانُكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ(41) About the criminals, (42) [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?" (43) They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
الْمُجْرِمِينَ مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَHow can it be said that he is from the Khawarij? As for the one who says that the abandoner of prayer is not a disbeliever and contradicts the evidence, he is mistaken. It is not said that he is from the Murji'ah; it is said that he is mistaken. Does he contradict the evidence? No, he says he is from the Murji'ah, but it is said: he contradicted the evidence. Yes.
Source
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