What is the difference between an original disbeliever and an apostate?
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The questioner : The Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Regarding the issue of the original disbeliever or the apostate, is the original disbeliever one who was born to disbelieving parents, or one who did not embrace Islam from the start?
The Shaykh : One who did not embrace Islam from the start. All the disbelievers in the lands of disbelief today are original disbelievers.
The questioner : But what about someone from among the Muslims, for example?
The Shaykh : There is no such case. If he is from among the Muslims, he cannot be an original disbeliever; he must have fallen into apostasy.
The questioner : Someone from among the Muslims who does not reach, for example?
The Shaykh : Then he is an apostate.
The questioner : Then he is killed and does not inherit.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, there is no problem.
The Shaykh : One who did not embrace Islam from the start. All the disbelievers in the lands of disbelief today are original disbelievers.
The questioner : But what about someone from among the Muslims, for example?
The Shaykh : There is no such case. If he is from among the Muslims, he cannot be an original disbeliever; he must have fallen into apostasy.
The questioner : Someone from among the Muslims who does not reach, for example?
The Shaykh : Then he is an apostate.
The questioner : Then he is killed and does not inherit.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, there is no problem.