Is one who denies the attributes or some matters of creed considered a disbeliever?

The questioner : I mean, is the one who denies the attributes or some matters of creed considered a disbeliever, meaning after the proof has been established against him, or do we rule that he is a disbeliever, or does the original ruling remain based on the general rule?

The Shaykh : We have discussed this specific point and brought up the example of the one who made that unjust will. We said in the previous lesson that it is necessary to establish the proof. If then he shows obstinacy, we rule that he is a disbeliever. But if a doubt appears on his part, or if he has a proof in his own view, it is not permissible for us to declare him a disbeliever. The evidence for this is that it is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community, led by the imams of hadith, that they accept the narration of many of the misguided sects that deviate from the methodology of the pious predecessors, such as the Mu'tazilah, the Khawarij, the Shi'ah, and the like. The meaning of this is that they do not declare them disbelievers. They are... and among them are the Ibadis in this era, who agree with the Shi'ah in much of the misguidance. The most important of this misguidance, in our view, is that they say that the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is created. The Mu'tazilah say this, the Khawarij say this, and the Ibadis, who are well-known today in this era, claim this. Despite this, they accept the hadith of the Mu'tazili. What does this acceptance indicate? It indicates that this Mu'tazili, even though he believes that the speech of Allah is created, has not exited the Islamic religion with this false belief. Why? Because the first condition for a valid hadith is that its narrator be a Muslim. If he is not a Muslim, his hadith is dropped and is not considered for narration at all. So, when we see the imams of hadith using the hadiths of these groups that have deviated from the saved sect as evidence, it means that they do not declare them disbelievers, but they declare them misguided. Why do they not declare them disbelievers? Here is the point of my statement and my citation: they know that they intended the truth but erred, and did not intend to fight the correct creed. Otherwise, if they knew that from them, they would have cast them away as one casts away a pomegranate seed. These Mu'tazilah and Khawarij were like this... the Maturidiyyah and the Asha'irah... Therefore, it is not the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community to declare these people disbelievers; rather, we suffice with the fact that they are in misguidance and deviation. However, if something comes from them of denial that equates to describing Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with something like His saying: , then these are the disbelievers. I think I have answered your question.