Declaring a specific person a disbeliever and the status of one whose condition is unknown
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The questioner:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on declaring a specific person a disbeliever if we have verified that he has committed shirk (associating partners with Allah)? And what is the ruling regarding a person whose condition is unknown in a country like Egypt?
The Shaykh:
If his work is based on disbelief, he is a disbeliever. He is a specific person. Pharaoh was a disbeliever, Abu Talib was a disbeliever, Abu Lahab was a disbeliever, and Abu Jahl was a disbeliever. They are specific individuals. If you find a person who insults the religion, he is a disbeliever until he repents. Likewise, if he worships graves and the people of the graves, calling upon them for aid and help, he is a specific disbeliever until he repents. If he says Muhammad is a liar, he is a specific disbeliever who deserves to be killed by the one in authority. Or if he insults his Lord, he is a specific disbeliever. Or if he says there is no Paradise and no Hell, it is all a lie, he is a specific disbeliever. We ask Allah for safety. Yes. If the evidence is established against him, he is a disbeliever. He is a specific disbeliever. Yes.
Another questioner:
May you live long, the Mu'tazilah now. The Mu'tazilah now.
The Shaykh:
They do not consider the Paradise and the Hell, but regarding their existence now, they exist, and then if they are to be.
Another questioner:
The wife of the one.
The Shaykh:
He says there is a doubt (shubhah) with him.
Another questioner:
Yes, look at it.
The Shaykh:
It does not necessitate [disbelief], but they are declared disbelievers by denying the attributes. They are declared disbelievers by denying the attributes.
Another questioner:
And they are the people of the intermediate position between the two positions. Are they the people of innovation, or do we not greet them?
The Shaykh:
No, no, we do not greet them, and they are among the disbelievers; because they lied to Allah and His Messenger by denying the attributes, like the Jahmiyyah. Is this the correct view regarding them?
Another questioner:
Correct, on such and such.
The Shaykh:
Yes, may Allah grant you health.
The presenter:
May Allah love you,
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on declaring a specific person a disbeliever if we have verified that he has committed shirk (associating partners with Allah)? And what is the ruling regarding a person whose condition is unknown in a country like Egypt?
The Shaykh:
If his work is based on disbelief, he is a disbeliever. He is a specific person. Pharaoh was a disbeliever, Abu Talib was a disbeliever, Abu Lahab was a disbeliever, and Abu Jahl was a disbeliever. They are specific individuals. If you find a person who insults the religion, he is a disbeliever until he repents. Likewise, if he worships graves and the people of the graves, calling upon them for aid and help, he is a specific disbeliever until he repents. If he says Muhammad is a liar, he is a specific disbeliever who deserves to be killed by the one in authority. Or if he insults his Lord, he is a specific disbeliever. Or if he says there is no Paradise and no Hell, it is all a lie, he is a specific disbeliever. We ask Allah for safety. Yes. If the evidence is established against him, he is a disbeliever. He is a specific disbeliever. Yes.
Another questioner:
May you live long, the Mu'tazilah now. The Mu'tazilah now.
The Shaykh:
They do not consider the Paradise and the Hell, but regarding their existence now, they exist, and then if they are to be.
Another questioner:
The wife of the one.
The Shaykh:
He says there is a doubt (shubhah) with him.
Another questioner:
Yes, look at it.
The Shaykh:
It does not necessitate [disbelief], but they are declared disbelievers by denying the attributes. They are declared disbelievers by denying the attributes.
Another questioner:
And they are the people of the intermediate position between the two positions. Are they the people of innovation, or do we not greet them?
The Shaykh:
No, no, we do not greet them, and they are among the disbelievers; because they lied to Allah and His Messenger by denying the attributes, like the Jahmiyyah. Is this the correct view regarding them?
Another questioner:
Correct, on such and such.
The Shaykh:
Yes, may Allah grant you health.
The presenter:
May Allah love you,
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 13 (2) — archive.org (30:13)
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