The Difference Between Shirk and Kufr
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
I ask Allah of you, O Shaykh, is there a difference between shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief)?
Answer:
Shirk and kufr, and kufr is within shirk, but generally, shirk is applied to the worship of other than Allah, and kufr to one who denies something that Allah has made a punishment for, or denies something that Allah has forbidden, and he is called a disbeliever, or does something like insulting the religion, insulting Allah, and he is called a disbeliever. As for one who worships other than Allah, they call him a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), and the mushrik is called a disbeliever, and he is also called a disbeliever who is a mushrik.
I ask Allah of you, O Shaykh, is there a difference between shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief)?
Answer:
Shirk and kufr, and kufr is within shirk, but generally, shirk is applied to the worship of other than Allah, and kufr to one who denies something that Allah has made a punishment for, or denies something that Allah has forbidden, and he is called a disbeliever, or does something like insulting the religion, insulting Allah, and he is called a disbeliever. As for one who worships other than Allah, they call him a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), and the mushrik is called a disbeliever, and he is also called a disbeliever who is a mushrik.
Source
شرح القواعد الأربع [ ابن باز ] — islamhouse.com (40:55)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.