Al-Albaani on How Careful The Scholars Are Before They Declare Someone to be a Non-Muslim
by The Albaani Site
Questioner: O Shaikh, for example, a person who declares the Companions to be disbelievers, for example, he says that Yazeed ibn Mu’aawiyah is a faasiq or a faajir and likewise his father, ya’ni, is such a person a disbeliever [due to what he said] or a faajir or a faasiq?
Al-Albaani: It differs, Yaa akhi, according to the person: is he ignorant, is he a scholar, has the proof been established against him from the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of Allaah’s Prophet ﷺ, is he someone who is obstinate [in his opinion], is he someone who has misinterpreted [the texts]? All of these things prevent the people of knowledge from [both] rushing to call him a disbeliever or from rushing to state that he is not a disbeliever. All of these checks have to be implemented so that after them we will have the ability to state whether he is a disbeliever or not.
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 342.
أسلام عليكم و رحمت ألله.
Insha Allah is it possible to also include the arabic text of the works that you translate? Jazak Allahu kulli khair for the work you have done. In the issue of takfir as a muqalid I take the shar of the kibar in regards to the books of sheikh Muhammad Abdul Wahab (رحيم ألله ). In the Sheikh’s explanation of the nullifiers of Islam ، doubting the kufr of the kufar is itself a nullifier. In regards to abandoning the salah ، is the person whom does so a kafir? And if family and/or friends know a person that claims islam that doesn’t pray can that person be prayed upon. This question comes from someone living in the West.
بارك الله فيكم