Definition of the Zindiq
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a Shari'ah limit 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 whose heart has become corrupt, just as He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said when they came:[As-Saf 61:5]. So zindiqah is the corruption of the heart, and if the heart is corrupt, there is no remedy for it; there are no extremists in it. 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. As for minor hypocrisy, that is not it, but there is a deficiency in it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a Shari'ah limit 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 whose heart has become corrupt, just as He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said when they came:
Allah caused their hearts to deviate. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في السحر — islamhouse.com (1:04:55)
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