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The Fourth Matter: Takfeer (to declare Muslims to be disbelievers) From the greatest lies that are spread amongst the people is: that Shaykh Muhammad bin AbdilWahhaab and those that have affection for him, consider the majority of Muslims to be disbelievers and that their marriages are void except those people who are with the Shaykh and his followers or migrated to them. The Shaykh himself falsified this doubt in a number of places. He said, To say that I declare the Muslims in general to be disbelievers is a great lie that the enemies use in order to stop the establishment of this religion. We say: O Allaah may You be glorified, indeed this is a great lie. [1] He also said, They have ascribed many different lies to us thereby increasing the confusion and turmoil, and attacking us with the armies of Shaytaan. This includes the great lie that they have spread; a lie which any intelligent person would be ashamed to even spread never mind actually being deceived by it. They say, as you have said, that: I declare every person to be a disbeliever except those who follow me. They claim that I believe their marriages to be void. How can this even be contemplated by an intelligent person?? Would a Muslim ever utter such a statement? I free myself in front of Allaah from this statement; it only emanates from somebody who has a deficiency in his intellect and an inability to comprehend. May Allaah fight those people who have false insidious objectives. [2] I only declare as a disbeliever: the one who knew the religion of the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) and then after this insulted him, forbade the people from it and showed enmity to those who followed it - this is the one I hold to be a disbeliever. The majority of this Ummah all praise is due to Allaah are not like this. [3] The Fifth Matter: The way of the Khawaarij Some of the people accuse the Shaykh of being upon the way of the Khawaarij, those who declare a Muslim who falls into sin to be a disbeliever. The answer to this is taken from the speech of the Shaykh, he (may Allaah have mercy upon him) said, I do not proclaim Paradise nor Hell for any specific Muslim individual except the one whom the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) proclaimed it for. I have hope for the one who does righteous actions and I fear for the one who sins. I do not declare anyone from the Muslims a disbeliever due to a sin, nor do I exit them from the fold of Islaam [4] Footnotes: [1] Ibid. 1/100; Have you read the other articles in this series?
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