Guidelines in Understanding Texts that Warn of Severe Punishments

In the Name of Allaah, the Most Merciful… This article clarifies the understanding of Ahlus-Sunnah regarding important religious texts on the issue of disbelief and the negation of faith, like the following hadeeths: 1) “Insulting a Muslim is fusooq (sinful disobedience), and fighting him is kufr.” 2) “None of you has eemaan until he loves for his brother what he loves for … Continue reading →

Ibn al-Qayyim on the Types of Kufr and Ruling by Other than What Allaah has Revealed

Author: Ibn al-Qayyim Source: Madarij us-Salikin (Vol 1 pp.335-338) (trans. Abu Iyaad)` Article ID : MNJ050006 Chapter: About the Impurities that need to be Repented from: Disbelief: And as for kufr it is of two types: Kufr akbar (major kufr) and kufr asghar (minor kufr). So kufr akbar – this necessitates eternity in the Hellfire. … Continue reading →