The ruling on one who pronounces the two testimonies and flatters the polytheists in their shirk (associating partners with Allah)
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Question:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on one who says that the polytheist idolater, if he knows the truth of the religion of Islam and believes in the invalidity of what is worshipped besides Allah, and pronounces the two testimonies, prays, and fasts, but out of flattery toward his people and to escape their blame and criticism, prostrates willingly to their idols, slaughters for them, circumambulates them, and rubs himself against them? He displays reverence for them and does not deny anything of the shirk (associating partners with Allah) that his people do, even though he is capable of doing so? What is the ruling on one who says that such a person is ruled to be a Muslim, and that all these actions do not invalidate his faith and tawhid (the oneness of Allah) unless he believes in his heart in the reverence of the idols?
Answer:
This is a false statement. Because one who pronounces the two testimonies is obligated to act in accordance with their implications in speech, action, and belief. So if he pronounces the two testimonies and acts contrary to their implications, then he is not a Muslim. Because he has not committed himself to the meaning indicated by the two testimonies. So if he reveres the idols of the disbelievers and encourages them to do so, and participates with them in it, out of flattery toward them and to gain their approval, then he is not a Muslim, even if he pronounces the two testimonies.
Because he is like one who performs wudu' (the ablution for prayer) and then becomes ritually impure; his wudu' does not remain, and his purity does not remain. So this is a false statement. And it is not permissible if it comes from a student of knowledge; he must review his statement. And if it comes from a layperson, this statement is clarified to him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This questioner says: What is the ruling on one who says that the polytheist idolater, if he knows the truth of the religion of Islam and believes in the invalidity of what is worshipped besides Allah, and pronounces the two testimonies, prays, and fasts, but out of flattery toward his people and to escape their blame and criticism, prostrates willingly to their idols, slaughters for them, circumambulates them, and rubs himself against them? He displays reverence for them and does not deny anything of the shirk (associating partners with Allah) that his people do, even though he is capable of doing so? What is the ruling on one who says that such a person is ruled to be a Muslim, and that all these actions do not invalidate his faith and tawhid (the oneness of Allah) unless he believes in his heart in the reverence of the idols?
Answer:
This is a false statement. Because one who pronounces the two testimonies is obligated to act in accordance with their implications in speech, action, and belief. So if he pronounces the two testimonies and acts contrary to their implications, then he is not a Muslim. Because he has not committed himself to the meaning indicated by the two testimonies. So if he reveres the idols of the disbelievers and encourages them to do so, and participates with them in it, out of flattery toward them and to gain their approval, then he is not a Muslim, even if he pronounces the two testimonies.
Because he is like one who performs wudu' (the ablution for prayer) and then becomes ritually impure; his wudu' does not remain, and his purity does not remain. So this is a false statement. And it is not permissible if it comes from a student of knowledge; he must review his statement. And if it comes from a layperson, this statement is clarified to him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
لقاء مفتوح [الزلفي] — alfawzan.live (8:57)
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