The Ruling on Declaring Those with Dead Hearts to Be Disbelievers
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The attributes mentioned by Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding the one with a dead heart apply to some people today. Do we rule that they are disbelievers and that their hearts are dead? It is known that some of them pray some of the obligatory prayers and abandon others?
Answer:
Do not rule on them, but fear for them, advise them, admonish them, remind them, and warn them against these matters. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The attributes mentioned by Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding the one with a dead heart apply to some people today. Do we rule that they are disbelievers and that their hearts are dead? It is known that some of them pray some of the obligatory prayers and abandon others?
Answer:
Do not rule on them, but fear for them, advise them, admonish them, remind them, and warn them against these matters. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في القلب الميت — islamhouse.com (57:19)
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