Definition of the Zindiq
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Question:
Is there a specific legal limit (hadd) for the zindiq, or a definition for him? And is there a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding this?
Answer:
The zindiq is the one whose heart is corrupt; he is the one whose heart is corrupt and whose religion is corrupt, as He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[As-Saf 61:5]. So zindiqah is the corruption of the heart, and if the heart is corrupt, there is no remedy for it, no treatment. The first type is the zindiq, and in the early era they called him the hypocrite who displays Islam and conceals disbelief; this is the zindiq. And the major hypocrisy, this is a zindiq. As for the minor hypocrisy, this is not [a zindiq]; this is a believer, but he has a trait of corruption, he has a deficiency.
Is there a specific legal limit (hadd) for the zindiq, or a definition for him? And is there a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding this?
Answer:
The zindiq is the one whose heart is corrupt; he is the one whose heart is corrupt and whose religion is 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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