One is not declared an apostate for abandoning prayer and fasting except by a judicial ruling
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible to fight with weapons against the hypocrites who do not pray or fast, and who commit some acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief), while calling themselves Muslims?
Answer:
It is necessary that the proof be established against them in the Shari'ah court. One is not declared an apostate except by the court, by the judge, with evidence or a confession. The matter is not that whoever wants to declare someone a disbeliever does so. No, the matter has regulations.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible to fight with weapons against the hypocrites who do not pray or fast, and who commit some acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief), while calling themselves Muslims?
Answer:
It is necessary that the proof be established against them in the Shari'ah court. One is not declared an apostate except by the court, by the judge, with evidence or a confession. The matter is not that whoever wants to declare someone a disbeliever does so. No, the matter has regulations.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1744] لا يُحكم بالردة على قاطع الصلاة والصيام إلا بقضاء شرعي - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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