The Difference Between Disbelievers, Oppressors, and Open Sinners in the Verse on Ruling
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Question:
This questioner asks: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:44] Then He said, "They are the wrongdoers," and in the other place He said, "They are the open sinners." What is the difference between that?
Answer:
There are degrees. The difference is that ruling by other than what Allah has revealed has degrees: some of it is disbelief, some of it is open sinfulness, and some of it is oppression. Yes, it varies. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This questioner asks: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the disbelievers.
وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَAnswer:
There are degrees. The difference is that ruling by other than what Allah has revealed has degrees: some of it is disbelief, some of it is open sinfulness, and some of it is oppression. Yes, it varies. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-080-كتب العقيدة ومنهجية الاستفادة منها|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:57)
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