Is it permissible to declare a specific person a disbeliever or one who associates partners with Allah based solely on his action if he is in the land of Islam, and is there a difference between clear and hidden matters?
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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh, one of the brothers spoke about major shirk (associating partners with Allah), meaning that he calls upon other than Allah, and he is in the land of Islam. This is regarding the one who circumambulates [shrines], or calls for aid, or does something similar.
Is he specifically declared to be a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), or is there a difference between clear and hidden matters?
The Shaykh : It is said: whoever does this is a mushrik, whoever does this is a mushrik, whoever abandons prayer is a disbeliever. But this ruling is not applied to a specific person until the proof is established against him, either because he is knowledgeable but negligent, or arrogant, or something similar to that.
The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the establishment of the proof, as long as he says "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah), prays, and performs some of the rituals of Islam?
The Shaykh : But "La ilaha illa Allah" has conditions and it has nullifiers, and shirk (associating partners with Allah) contradicts it, and abandoning prayer contradicts it. Yes, that is correct.
Is he specifically declared to be a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), or is there a difference between clear and hidden matters?
The Shaykh : It is said: whoever does this is a mushrik, whoever does this is a mushrik, whoever abandons prayer is a disbeliever. But this ruling is not applied to a specific person until the proof is established against him, either because he is knowledgeable but negligent, or arrogant, or something similar to that.
The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the establishment of the proof, as long as he says "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah), prays, and performs some of the rituals of Islam?
The Shaykh : But "La ilaha illa Allah" has conditions and it has nullifiers, and shirk (associating partners with Allah) contradicts it, and abandoning prayer contradicts it. Yes, that is correct.