Thursday 31 December 2015

Legalizing The Prohibited is a Major Disbelief

The scholars unanimously agreed that the act of judging with other than what Allaah has revealed and believing that it is something permissible and not prohibited is a major disbelief based on two reasons:

First reason: Ahlus-Sunnah unanimously agreed that one who legalizes something among the prohibited matters is a disbeliever. Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “Whoever indulges in prohibited matters believing that it is lawful is a disbeliever according to the consensus of the scholars.[1]

Second reason: There is consensus among Ahlus-Sunnah that whoever considers it permissible to judge with other than what Allaah has revealed is a disbeliever.  Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “Whenever a person legalizes the unlawful that is unanimously agreed upon or prohibits the lawful that is unanimously agreed upon or changes a law that is unanimously agreed upon, he becomes a disbeliever, apostate according to the consensus of the jurists.”[2]

Source: Al-Hukm bi Ghayri ma Anzala Allaah, by Shaykh Bandar bin Naayif al-‘Utaybee, p. 11



[1] As-Saarim al-Maslool, 3/971
[2] Al-Fataawaa, 3/267

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