The Ruling on Being Coerced into Shirk (associating partners with Allah) and Kufr (disbelief)
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Question:
This questioner asks: What constitutes coercion? And if...
Answer:
...one is compelled to utter the word of disbelief, that is one matter. As for coercion to perform an act, such as slaughtering for other than Allah or prostrating to other than Allah, it is not permissible. Do you know the hadith of the man who was offered a fly, and he entered the Fire, and he was coerced? They said to him: "Either you slaughter [the fly] or we will kill you." So, coercion does not apply to the act of shirk, the performance of shirk; it only applies to speech, where one speaks the word of disbelief without believing it, in order to escape the coercion. Yes, as in the story of Salman (may Allah be pleased with him). Yes, as in the story of 'Ammar ibn Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner asks: What constitutes coercion? And if...
Answer:
...one is compelled to utter the word of disbelief, that is one matter. As for coercion to perform an act, such as slaughtering for other than Allah or prostrating to other than Allah, it is not permissible. Do you know the hadith of the man who was offered a fly, and he entered the Fire, and he was coerced? They said to him: "Either you slaughter [the fly] or we will kill you." So, coercion does not apply to the act of shirk, the performance of shirk; it only applies to speech, where one speaks the word of disbelief without believing it, in order to escape the coercion. Yes, as in the story of Salman (may Allah be pleased with him). Yes, as in the story of 'Ammar ibn Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح نواقض الإسلام [ صالح الفوزان ]، الناقض التاسع : من اعتقد أن بعض الناس يسعه الخروج عن شريعة محمد - صلى الله عليه وسلم - كما وسع الخضر الخروج عن شريعة موسى - عليه السلام -؛ فهو كافر — islamhouse.com (44:30)
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