What are the criteria for open disbelief?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. He says: It came in the noble hadith: Sahih al-Bukhari 7055, 7056 So what are the criteria for open disbelief?
The Shaykh : Open disbelief means the apparent and clear [disbelief] that does not admit of figurative interpretation. As for what admits of figurative interpretation and an excuse, it is not open disbelief. Yes.
unless we noticed him having open Kufr (disbelief)
إلا أن تروا كفرا بواحاThe Shaykh : Open disbelief means the apparent and clear [disbelief] that does not admit of figurative interpretation. As for what admits of figurative interpretation and an excuse, it is not open disbelief. Yes.