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"judging a status is like judging the obligations arising from it.” 11 And Takfeer is from
the rights of Allah Almighty, and one is not made Takfeer upon except whom Allah has
made Takfeer upon with certainty and we don’t follow in this issue the minor students of
knowledge, less so the general Muslims, without clarification and verification and
removing doubts. So how then with the Takfeer on the Mujahideen groups! And those
factions whom Jama’athu Dawla has made Takfeer upon; amongst them are people who
have made Ta’weel (interpretation) of the texts (Quran and Sunnah), and who have made
Ijtihad on statements regarding taking weapons or money (from the Kuffar). So by your
Lord, answer me: where is the disbelief (Kufr) and apostasy in this? How is Takfeer
made on them? And how can this Takfeer be made a basis for making Takfeer on other
than them in a chain series using flimsy baseless justifications which has nothing of the
rules of Takfeer in the Shareeah? Shaykh Abu Umar Abdul Hakeem Hassan said: "Surely
from the serious grave issues which are Haram in the religion of Allah is to accuse a
Muslim of Kufr without him deserving it. And surely the blood of the Muslim and his
honour and his wealth is Haram, like the Messenger of Allah said "Everything
belonging to a Muslim is inviolable for a Muslim; his honour, his blood and property".
And this is clear also in his statement "Verily your blood and your wealth is
inviolable", and the Prophet explained the great danger in making Takfeer on a
Muslim, in his statement , "Cursing a believer is like killing him, and whoever
accuses a believer of disbelief, then it is as if he has killed him."
And from Abdullah Ibn Masood in a Marfoo 12 Hadith, "There is not a Muslim except
there is between him and Allah a curtain. And if one of you says to his companion
“Depart!”, then Allah will tear the curtain, and if he says “Oh Kafir”, then surely one of
them has disbelieved"
And he said “And engaging in Takfeer on Muslims without its justification has a lot of
risks that one who wants safety should be cautious of. Amongst these risks are: Speaking
about Allah without knowledge. And the basic ruling is that a person should not speak on
a thing from the issues of the Shariah except with knowledge and fairness. And even
though it is an order in general, it is in this topic most necessary. And just as a person is
not allowed to confirm anything except with knowledge, he is also not allowed to deny a
thing except with knowledge. And Allah said:
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1. This is stated in Arabic as ا)‏ ‏'لوضع كأحكا)‏ ‏'لتكل"ف ‏#حك (Ahkaamul Wad’e Ka Ahkaam e Thakleef) This is one of the
principles of Usool which means that when a verdict is given regarding the status of a matter, it at the same time
becomes the basis of the obligatory actions that are to be done based on it. In the above example, when a verdict of
Takfeer is made on any person, it would mean that he can be killed and his property taken and so permissibility for
these actions are implied from the Takfeer made on him. Hence the one who makes Takfeer must be cautious since he
is in reality giving a verdict which makes a person’s blood and wealth permissible.!
12 !A!Marfoo’!Hadith!is!a!report!which!has!its!complete!chain!of!narrators!all!the!way!reaching!the!Prophet!!