The Ruling on Kufr (Disbelief) Through Action Without the Heart’s Complicity
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Question:
This questioner says: What is your view regarding the one who says that kufr (disbelief) through action does not take one out of the religion unless the heart is in complicity with the action?
Answer:
This is what was mentioned recently. If a person does an action that necessitates disbelief, and he is not coerced and not excused by ignorance, then he is ruled to be a disbeliever based on the apparent evidence. As for hearts, that is the affair of Allah (Mighty and Majestic); He is the One who knows what is in the hearts, and the matter is left to Allah. But we treat him as a disbeliever as long as he has no excuse, neither from coercion nor from ignorance that he cannot remove. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: What is your view regarding the one who says that kufr (disbelief) through action does not take one out of the religion unless the heart is in complicity with the action?
Answer:
This is what was mentioned recently. If a person does an action that necessitates disbelief, and he is not coerced and not excused by ignorance, then he is ruled to be a disbeliever based on the apparent evidence. As for hearts, that is the affair of Allah (Mighty and Majestic); He is the One who knows what is in the hearts, and the matter is left to Allah. But we treat him as a disbeliever as long as he has no excuse, neither from coercion nor from ignorance that he cannot remove. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 32 — archive.org (45:00)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.