Declaring the polytheists to be disbelievers and its relationship to creed
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some people say that declaring the polytheists to be disbelievers is an act of worship, and that this is a matter of creed. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
Among the necessary implications of the creed is that you declare the polytheists and disbelievers to be disbelievers. No, no. I said, “I have not declared anyone a disbeliever,” which means that you did not understand tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and you did not understand your religion. You declare to be disbelievers those whom Allah and His Messenger declared to be disbelievers. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some people say that declaring the polytheists to be disbelievers is an act of worship, and that this is a matter of creed. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
Among the necessary implications of the creed is that you declare the polytheists and disbelievers to be disbelievers. No, no. I said, “I have not declared anyone a disbeliever,” which means that you did not understand tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and you did not understand your religion. You declare to be disbelievers those whom Allah and His Messenger declared to be disbelievers. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك اتخاذها عيدًا — islamhouse.com (47:25)
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