The Meaning of "If One Says: . . . O Disbeliever, Then One of Them Has Incurred It"

Question:
O Shaykh, does he become an apostate from the religion, or how is it?

Answer:
It is from the category of warnings and admonitions. It does not mean that he has apostatized from Islam. It means that he has incurred this word; he has become deserving of being described by it. So let him be careful not to say that. It does not mean that he has committed disbelief and apostatized from Islam. No, it means that he has exposed himself to a great matter in which there is evil for him.