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The authenticity of the hadith: Whoever declares a Muslim to be a disbeliever has himself become a disbeliever

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih, this person is asking and says: Muhammad Salih from Jeddah says: What is the authenticity of the hadith from
...declares a Muslim to be a disbeliever, has he become a disbeliever?كفر مسلما فقد كفر؟
that if a person says to someone, "O disbeliever," or calls a man a disbeliever when he is not, it returns upon the one who said it.

Answer:
Yes,
If a man says to his muslim brother, 'O kafir!'من قال لأخيه يا كافر
Muwatta Malik 56:1
"O hypocrite." If the one it was said about deserves it, otherwise it returns upon the one who said it, may Allah protect us from that. So do not let this word go to waste, for it has an impact and consequences. Either the one it was said about is deserving of it, or it returns upon the one who said it with sin and bad consequences. Yes.

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May Allah reward you,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (186) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-06-30] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (9:45)

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