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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is every instance where the term "disbelief" is used in an indefinite form considered minor?

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen

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The questioner : In the first hadith:
he who detested his father committed infidelity من رغب عن أبيه فهو كفر
Sahih Muslim 62
And fighting him is disbelief وقتاله كفر
We said that it is minor shirk... shirk less than shirk. Can we derive a rule from this that whenever a text uses the indefinite form of "disbelief," it indicates that it is minor?

The Shaykh : Yes, because his saying:
Then it is disbelief فهو كفر
means: of the disbelief.
Source alathar.net

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