What is the criterion for the disbelief of the one who interprets?

The questioner : The second question is: What is the criterion for the disbelief of the one who interprets, who says or does the deed or the word of a disbeliever?

The Shaykh : The criterion among humans is absent.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : But Allah knows what is in the hearts. The scholars of the Salaf, as you know, declared the Murji'ah to be misguided and declared the Mu'tazilah to be misguided, but they did not declare them to be disbelievers. As for the authenticity of this narration in terms of its chain, I have not been able to verify the chain, but the meaning is a correct meaning, in the sense that not everyone who falls into disbelief is ruled to be a disbeliever, because we know that being held accountable is like faith: one who believes in this manner without intention is not ruled to be a believer, and one who disbelieves without the intention of disbelief is not ruled to be a disbeliever. And there are many, many hadiths, among which is what is related to what you quoted from them earlier regarding their exaggeration in their statement that whoever does the deed of the disbelievers is a disbeliever.