Graduation Research on Freedom of Conscience and Apostasy
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a questioner from outside the country who says: My relative is doing graduate studies at the university, and the topic of her graduation research is what they call freedom of conscience. So she supports the idea that a person has a choice in his religion and is not forced into Islam; rather, he has the right to become an apostate if he wishes, and so on.
Answer:
This is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and I seek refuge in Allah from this. This is shirk. Prevent her from this, and if the school is in the Kingdom, it is obligatory to report her and report this teacher.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a questioner from outside the country who says: My relative is doing graduate studies at the university, and the topic of her graduation research is what they call freedom of conscience. So she supports the idea that a person has a choice in his religion and is not forced into Islam; rather, he has the right to become an apostate if he wishes, and so on.
Answer:
This is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and I seek refuge in Allah from this. This is shirk. Prevent her from this, and if the school is in the Kingdom, it is obligatory to report her and report this teacher.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في الفرق بين زيارة الموحدين للقبور وزيارة المشركين — islamhouse.com (1:16:51)
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