Ibn qudamah opines the prophetic expressions of takfir aren't literal. Imām Ibn Qudhāmah رحمة الله عليه says, > The preceding hadiths (about the abandonment of salah being “kufr”) are expressions of severity and of the perpetrator’s similarity to kuffar, ***not literal expressions***. They resemble the following statements of the Prophet and other statements like them that are meant to serve as intense warnings: > “Reviling a Muslim is fusuq and killing him is kufr.” > “It is disbelief (kufr) in Allāh to deny one’s lineage, even subtly.” > ***“If someone tells his brother, ‘O kafir!’, then it will return to one of them.”*** > “Whoever says ‘We have had rain due to the movement of the stars’ is a disbeliever (kafir) in Allah and a believer in the stars.” > “Whoever swears an oath by other than Allah has committed shirk.” > “The wine-drinker is like an idol-worshiper.” https://al-maktaba.org/book/8463/779#p1 How did he arrive at this? Did he take the incident between Umar and abu hurayrah as a basis? https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/366526/incident-between-%E2%80%98umar-and-abu-hurayrah-about-public-money

Assalamu alaikum!!! My sister is sometimes very much interested in Muslim celebrities. However, some of them celebrate Christmas, Halloween, make jokes about religion and more. Should they be given takfir in this situation or not? And will I become a kafir myself if I don't?

>Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever prays like us and faces our Qibla and eats our slaughtered animals is a Muslim and is under Allah's and His Apostle's protection. So do not betray Allah by betraying those who are in His protection." (Bukhari 391) > Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If a man says to his brother, O Kafir (disbeliever)!' Then surely one of them is such (i.e., a Kafir). " (Bukhari 6103) > The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to us), " List the names of those people who have **announced that they are Muslims**." So, we listed one thousand and five hundred men. Then we wondered, "Should we be afraid (of infidels) although we are one thousand and five hundred in number?" No doubt, we witnessed ourselves being afflicted with such bad trials that one would have to offer the prayer alone in fear. Narrated Al-A`mash: "We (listed the Muslims and) found them five hundred." And Abu Muawiya said, "Between six hundred to seven hundred." (Bukhari 3060) These Ahadith clarify that anyone who claims to be a Muslim and offers Salah, faces the Qibla, and eats Halal food is a Muslim, and one who says such a person to be a disbeliever becomes one himself. So then how is it permissible to label Ahmadis (and other sects of Muslims) as disbelievers?

Can a Muslim ask a hujjah to do gtakfir, by declaring kafir a person who denies Quranic concepts such as hijab?

A lot of people ask questions of "is this kufr" or "am I not Muslim." It would be good to have a (semi-)comprehensive list of the things that take a person out of Islam to point to instead of individually answering these questions. Phrased in another way, what things constitute kufr according to Islam? Perhaps, in addition, what are some things people *think* are kufr, but are actually not?

Assalamu Alaikum! My mother was one time advising me not to spend to much time in the bathroom and was mocking me that I spend hours just rubbing my feet during wudhu.and she also said that dont close the tap again and again during wudhu and I laughed loudly at this. Would this be regarded as Kufr ? Or mocking wudhu or islam ?

Wikipedia writes: > Takfir or takfeer (Arabic: تكفير‎ takfīr) is... one Muslim declaring another Muslim as a non-believer (kafir ). > Takfir , Wikipedia I had thought this definition was clear and correct, until I asked about the third nullification of Islam : in failing to declare a disbeliever a kafir (i.e., takfir), one has disbelieved. Uma's comment on this question indicates I have a misunderstanding. Obviously, it's undesirable for unqualified Muslims to go around accusing each other of disbelief, and Sahih Muslim 60 a (among other ahadith , and possibly even Qur'an 4:94 ) strongly discourages that. III-AK-III's answer to the above question says that only by "a knowledgeable body of a certain level of scholars (mujtahid levels)". This suggests takfir is something like a fatwa. Consequently, it seems there's more to takfir than simply declaring someone a disbeliever. And hence my question: **Question**: What exactly is takfir? Perhaps there's a distinction between how it should be done, and how it's often done.

I'm interested in this quote from ibn Abd al-Wahhab (who is described as the founder of Wahhabism on Wikipedia): > ... the Third Nullification from the nullifications of Islām which the Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdil-Wahhāb (Rahimahullāh Ta’āla) mentioned, as he said, “The Third: **Whoever does not make Takfīr to the mushrikīn , or doubts their kufr , or approves of their Math’hab, he has disbelieved.**“ > Nāsir Ibn Hamad Al-Fahd, Refraining From Making Takfīr of a Kāfir, in *The Evidences for the Ruling Regarding Alliance with the Infidels*, p.120. (pdf ) All ten nullifications are rebutted in Question 1 of *The Response* (by Al-Azhar scholars). However, they didn't directly describe the third nullification as inaccurate, but rather discuss the extremely high standards required for takfir. **Question**: How did ibn Abd al-Wahhab derive the third nullification of Islam: "whoever does not make takfir to the mushrikin ... he has disbelieved"? My impression is that it's hugely risky and pointless to engage in takfir: the only time it's correct is when it's so obvious they're basically engaging in self-takfir anyway (such as someone who says "I'm an ex-Muslim"). *Edit*: I have asked a question about what takfir actually is here: https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/47248/17163