Doubts from the Takfiris and Extremists

[Abu.Iyaad]

As salaamu 'alaykum, I am sure there are enough rebuttals from the scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah against such doubts already, if you want to mention them one at a time, inshaa'Allaah, the members of this forum will be able to assist you.

[Abu.Iyaad]

They say, "the ahadith with "kufr duna kufr" are not authentic connect to Ibn Abbaas". They say "Hishaam bin Hujayr" is not trustworthy and imam Ahmad and other would say, that the narrator is weak. The first of their major doubts is to question the authenticity of what is narrated from Ibn 'Abbaas (radiyAllaahu anhu) with respect to the verses in Surah al-Maa'idah. That these verses are not to be taken absolutely and unrestrictedly is the ijmaa' (consensus) of the entire Ummah, and the manner in which the neo-Khawaarij try to cast doubt upon this ijmaa' of the Ummah by finding some defects in the isnaads of some of these narrations is similar to what is done by the Jahmiyyah from Ahl al-Kalaam who try to isolate certain statements narrated from the Imaams, such as Imaam Maalik, on the subject of al-Uluww, where there is some speech regarding such narrations, as a means of trying to cast doubt about what the entire Ummah is already agreed upon that Allaah is above his Throne. Similarly, the neo-Khawaarij try to cast doubt upon the statement narrated from Ibn Abbaas, even though similar statements are authentically narrated from his students and it is something the entire Ummah is agreed upon anyway. The Imaam, al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee has reported in his ‘Taareekh’ (10/186) that: A man from the Khawarij was entered upon al-Ma’moon who said to him, “What has led you to oppose us?” He replied, “An aayah from the Book of Allaah, the Most High.” Al-Ma’moon said, “And what is it?” He replied: “And whoever does not judge by what Allaah has revealed, they are the Disbelievers” (5:44). So al-Ma’moon replied to him, “Do you have knowledge that this is a verse that has been revealed [by Allaah]?” He said, “Yes”. Al-Ma’moon then asked, “And what is your proof?” He replied, “The ijmaa’ (concensus) of the Ummah”. So al-Ma’moon replied, “Then just as you are satisfied about their consensus that this is a revealed aayah, then also be satisified about their consensus regarding its explanation.” The man then said, “You have spoken the truth. May peace be upon you O Ameer ul-Mu’mineen”! You can look at this PDF Article that deals with this subject specifically, and you will see Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen and other scholars refuting and rebuking these neo-Khawaari for their paucity in knowledge. However, their argument goes beyond this, so even if we establish the acceptability of these statements, the argument moves on to another issue which is that this tafseel of the Salaf regarding these verses is not applicable to those who "rule by secular laws, or change, abolish, nullify (etc.) the Sharee'ah." This is another category of doubt and the answer is found in many of the statements of the Scholars, but for now, the above PDF will address your question about the saying of Ibn 'Abbaas (radiyAllaahu anhu), and the essence of the matter is that along with all the other narrations from Ibn Abbaas and his students, the statement "kufr less than kufr" is hasan due to supporting narrations, and is acceptable and the Ummah has taken it with acceptance after them and there is no need to mention the scores of statements from the Scholar through all the centuries to this day of ours who have affirmed this tafseel.

[Husayn.El.Sharif]

Assalaamu alaykum,

Some laypersons and youth enthusiastic for Islam but not well grounded in knowledge of the religion, they say the like of:

"But these people (the khawaarij, terrorists, and the likes) they are the only ones standing up for Islam and the Muslims, and defending the Muslims. So why do we insult them, why do we call them 'terrorists' and 'khawaarij' (renegades), why do we not assist them or teach them instead?"