The Ruling on Disbelief Without the Intention of Disbelief
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Question:
This questioner asks: Does a man become a disbeliever without intending disbelief, meaning without his heart concurring with the limb that commits this act of disbelief?
Answer:
We judge based on the outward appearance. So if a person commits an act of disbelief or speaks it, we rule that he is a disbeliever and treat him accordingly. As for hearts, that is with Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He); we have no concern with hearts. We deal with the outward appearance. So if a person commits an act of disbelief while not being coerced, not being coerced, and not being ignorant in a way that excuses him, not being coerced and not being ignorant in a way that excuses him, then we rule that he is a disbeliever. Yes. And as for hearts, no one knows them except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner asks: Does a man become a disbeliever without intending disbelief, meaning without his heart concurring with the limb that commits this act of disbelief?
Answer:
We judge based on the outward appearance. So if a person commits an act of disbelief or speaks it, we rule that he is a disbeliever and treat him accordingly. As for hearts, that is with Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He); we have no concern with hearts. We deal with the outward appearance. So if a person commits an act of disbelief while not being coerced, not being coerced, and not being ignorant in a way that excuses him, not being coerced and not being ignorant in a way that excuses him, then we rule that he is a disbeliever. Yes. And as for hearts, no one knows them except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 32 — archive.org (42:07)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.