The Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Shaykh mentioned in his treatise *Al-Fikak min Muwalat al-Murtaddin wa Ahl al-Ishrak* (Deliverance from the Loyalty of Apostates and Those Who Associate Partners with Allah)
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The questioner : It is the same question, O Shaykh. The Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Shaykh mentioned in his treatise *Al-Fikak min Muwalat al-Ishrak* (Deliverance from the Loyalty of Associating Partners with Allah). Here he says regarding declaring a specific individual a disbeliever: "For one like this, the Qur'an has established the proof, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) [has established the proof]. These are clear matters, meaning, except for one who grew up in a land far from the land of Islam." How is that? So we do not say: "This one is a polytheist," specifically, as long as...?
The Shaykh : He understands that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is forbidden, and he understands that shirk is a cause for eternal abode in the Fire, and he understands that whoever associates partners with Allah is forbidden Paradise by Allah. But he does not know that this specific matter is shirk. And this is possible. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : The brother.
The Shaykh : He understands that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is forbidden, and he understands that shirk is a cause for eternal abode in the Fire, and he understands that whoever associates partners with Allah is forbidden Paradise by Allah. But he does not know that this specific matter is shirk. And this is possible. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : The brother.