Explanation of the author's statement: "And they do not strip the fully open sinner of Islam entirely, nor do they make him abide in the Fire eternally, as the Mu'tazilah say"
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The Shaykh :"And they do not strip the fully open sinner of Islam entirely" "They do not strip the fully open sinner".
"The open sinner" is the one who departs from obedience, and open sinfulness—as we mentioned previously—divides into major open sinfulness that expels one from Islam, and among its examples is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[As-Sajdah 32:20].
And minor open sinfulness that does not expel one from Islam, such as the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Hujurat 49:6].
The open sinner who does not exit Islam is the fully open sinner.
For this reason, the author said: "fully", meaning: the one who claims affiliation with the religion, who has not exited from it. This is the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community; they do not strip the fully open sinner of Islam entirely.
That is, they do not deny it to him, entirely meaning: they cannot say: "This person is not a Muslim." Do you understand? But they can say: "His Islam is deficient," but that he is not a Muslim, denying it to him entirely, no.
Fine, he said: "Nor do they make him abide in the Fire eternally, as the Mu'tazilah say" Fine, who are those who stripped him of Islam entirely? The Khawarij. I wish the author had said: "like the Khawarij." And they do not strip the fully open sinner of Islam entirely, like the Khawarij, is that right, Abd al-Rahman?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : For they stripped him of it, right? Islam entirely, and they do not make him abide in the Fire eternally, as the Mu'tazilah say, for they made him abide in the Fire eternally, for they made him abide in the Fire eternally. And the Mu'tazilah stripped him of Islam but did not enter him into disbelief.
"The open sinner" is the one who departs from obedience, and open sinfulness—as we mentioned previously—divides into major open sinfulness that expels one from Islam, and among its examples is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
But as for those who defiantly disobeyed, their refuge is the Fire
وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فَسَقُوا فَمَأْوَاهُمُ النَّارُAnd minor open sinfulness that does not expel one from Islam, such as the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَأٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَنْ تُصِيبُوا قَوْماً بِجَهَالَةٍ فتصبحوا على ما فعلتم نادمينThe open sinner who does not exit Islam is the fully open sinner.
For this reason, the author said: "fully", meaning: the one who claims affiliation with the religion, who has not exited from it. This is the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community; they do not strip the fully open sinner of Islam entirely.
That is, they do not deny it to him, entirely meaning: they cannot say: "This person is not a Muslim." Do you understand? But they can say: "His Islam is deficient," but that he is not a Muslim, denying it to him entirely, no.
Fine, he said: "Nor do they make him abide in the Fire eternally, as the Mu'tazilah say" Fine, who are those who stripped him of Islam entirely? The Khawarij. I wish the author had said: "like the Khawarij." And they do not strip the fully open sinner of Islam entirely, like the Khawarij, is that right, Abd al-Rahman?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : For they stripped him of it, right? Islam entirely, and they do not make him abide in the Fire eternally, as the Mu'tazilah say, for they made him abide in the Fire eternally, for they made him abide in the Fire eternally. And the Mu'tazilah stripped him of Islam but did not enter him into disbelief.