Takfir and Declaring Someone an Innovator Before Establishing the Argument
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community to declare people disbelievers or innovators without establishing the argument against them and clarifying the doubt for them?
Answer:
We explain and clarify matters for people in general. As for individuals, if one of them is ignorant of this matter due to his distance from the Muslims and his distance from the lands of the Muslims, it is explained to him. But the one who lives with the Muslims, among the Muslims, and hears the Qur'an, hears the hadiths, hears the sermons, and hears the lectures, he is not excused; the argument has been established against him. Yes.
The questioner asks: Is it the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community to declare people disbelievers or innovators without establishing the argument against them and clarifying the doubt for them?
Answer:
We explain and clarify matters for people in general. As for individuals, if one of them is ignorant of this matter due to his distance from the Muslims and his distance from the lands of the Muslims, it is explained to him. But the one who lives with the Muslims, among the Muslims, and hears the Qur'an, hears the hadiths, hears the sermons, and hears the lectures, he is not excused; the argument has been established against him. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب ما جاء أن بعض هذه الأمة يعبد الأوثان — islamhouse.com (35:32)
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