The Condition of a Judge’s Ruling in Declaring Someone a Disbeliever or an Innovator
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: You mentioned yesterday (may Allah preserve you) that it is a condition for declaring a person a disbeliever that a judge rules accordingly.
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. A specific individual is not ruled to be an apostate except by a judge’s ruling that he is an apostate, and the rulings of apostasy are applied to him. As for one person declaring another a disbeliever and another doing the same, no, that is the chaos of declaring people disbelievers. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says (may Allah preserve you): Is the matter the same regarding the condition of a judge’s ruling for declaring a person an innovator or an open sinner?
The Shaykh:
That does not require a judge. The matter of the innovator is that if he commits an innovation or calls to it, he is an innovator. He does not need a judge’s ruling. The judge’s ruling is only regarding his exit from Islam, the obligation to kill him by the limit of apostasy, and the other known rulings of apostasy. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: You mentioned yesterday (may Allah preserve you) that it is a condition for declaring a person a disbeliever that a judge rules accordingly.
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. A specific individual is not ruled to be an apostate except by a judge’s ruling that he is an apostate, and the rulings of apostasy are applied to him. As for one person declaring another a disbeliever and another doing the same, no, that is the chaos of declaring people disbelievers. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says (may Allah preserve you): Is the matter the same regarding the condition of a judge’s ruling for declaring a person an innovator or an open sinner?
The Shaykh:
That does not require a judge. The matter of the innovator is that if he commits an innovation or calls to it, he is an innovator. He does not need a judge’s ruling. The judge’s ruling is only regarding his exit from Islam, the obligation to kill him by the limit of apostasy, and the other known rulings of apostasy. Yes.
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