The Definition of the Zindiq and the Distinction Between Him and the Hypocrite
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a legal limit (hadd) for the zindiq, or a definition for him? And is there a difference of opinion among the scholars on this?
Answer:
The zindiq is the one with a corrupt heart; he is the one with a corrupt heart. The first type is the zindiq, whose heart has become corrupt and whose faith has become corrupt, as He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[As-Saf 61:5] So the zindiq is one whose heart is corrupt, and if the heart is corrupt, there is no remedy for the zindiq. This is the zindiq. In the early era, they were called the hypocrite who displays Islam and conceals disbelief; this is the zindiq. And the hypocrite of major hypocrisy is a zindiq, but the hypocrite of minor hypocrisy is not; this is not a zindiq, but he has a trait of worship, and all of it is beneficial.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a legal limit (hadd) for the zindiq, or a definition for him? And is there a difference of opinion among the scholars on this?
Answer:
The zindiq is the one with a corrupt heart; he is the one with a corrupt heart. The first type is the zindiq, whose heart has become corrupt and whose faith has become corrupt, as He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
And when they deviated, Allah caused their hearts to deviate. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
فَلَمَّا زَاغُوا أَزَاغَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
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تعريف الزنديق — alfawzan.live
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