3,489
edits
Takfeer: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
| [checked revision] | [checked revision] |
Lightyears (talk | contribs) (Automated script replacing USC-MSA hadith numbering system for Bukhari, Muslim, and Abu Dawud) |
Lightyears (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{QualityScore|Lead=1|Structure=3|Content=2|Language= | {{QualityScore|Lead=1|Structure=3|Content=2|Language=4|References=2}} | ||
Takfeer (تكفير) is an Islamic term for excommunication. Even if a Muslim insists that he or she believes in Islam, he can be declared a non-Muslim by other Muslims according to the doctrine of takfeer. When he is declared a non-Muslim, he is considered an apostate. The punishment for apostasy according to traditional Islamic jurisprudence is the death penalty. Theoretically good Muslims shouldn't kill one another, however with takfeer, it's practically possible (although in the view of the killer they're killing non-Muslim apostates). | Takfeer (تكفير) is an Islamic term for excommunication. Even if a Muslim insists that he or she believes in Islam, he can be declared a non-Muslim by other Muslims according to the doctrine of takfeer. When he is declared a non-Muslim, he is considered an apostate. The punishment for apostasy according to traditional Islamic jurisprudence is the death penalty. Theoretically good Muslims shouldn't kill one another, however with takfeer, it's practically possible (although in the view of the killer they're killing non-Muslim apostates). | ||
| Line 38: | Line 38: | ||
}} | }} | ||
The fact that this hadith was preserved speaks to the fact that the issue of takfir was present for the early centuries of Islam. | |||
==Ten nullifiers of Islam== | ==Ten nullifiers of Islam== | ||
The concept of ten nullifiers of Islam was declared by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhaab. The list is based on primary Islamic sources and is referred to by salafis and Wahabis, the most enthusiastic practitioners of | The concept of ten nullifiers of Islam was declared by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhaab. The list is based on primary Islamic sources and is referred to by salafis and Wahabis, the most enthusiastic practitioners of takfir: | ||
{{Quote|[https://islamqa.info/en/answers/227935/is-there-scholarly-consensus-on-all-ten-things-which-nullify-islam-that-were-mentioned-by-imam-muhammad-ibn-abd-al-wahhaab islamqa.info: Is there scholarly consensus on all ten things which nullify Islam that were mentioned by Imam Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhaab?]| | {{Quote|[https://islamqa.info/en/answers/227935/is-there-scholarly-consensus-on-all-ten-things-which-nullify-islam-that-were-mentioned-by-imam-muhammad-ibn-abd-al-wahhaab islamqa.info: Is there scholarly consensus on all ten things which nullify Islam that were mentioned by Imam Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhaab?]| | ||