A student of knowledge said: No one declares a person a disbeliever or an apostate except the judge alone. What is the correctness of this statement?
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The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: A student of knowledge, while explaining that one who falls into shirk (associating partners with Allah) is a disbeliever, said: But the one who declares him a disbeliever or an apostate is not just anyone, not even a scholar or a leader in knowledge; rather, that is for the judge.
The Shaykh:
The ruling on this is what? The ruling of apostasy is for the judge because it leads to execution, but
The questioner:
it is
The Shaykh:
said: This is shirk. Everyone says this. Everyone who has faith says this is shirk. Do we need to go to the judge? Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: A student of knowledge, while explaining that one who falls into shirk (associating partners with Allah) is a disbeliever, said: But the one who declares him a disbeliever or an apostate is not just anyone, not even a scholar or a leader in knowledge; rather, that is for the judge.
The Shaykh:
The ruling on this is what? The ruling of apostasy is for the judge because it leads to execution, but
The questioner:
it is
The Shaykh:
said: This is shirk. Everyone says this. Everyone who has faith says this is shirk. Do we need to go to the judge? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [10 -939] قال أحد طلبة العلم: لا يحكم أحد على المرء بالكفر والردة غير القاضي فقط، ما صحة هذا الكلام؟ — youtube.com
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