Does the following constitute kufr?
Question
When you actually do not deserve something and knowingly tell a lie that 'I believe that I deserve this', will this constitute kufr since I mention the words 'I believe'. In actual I did not mean this.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
If you did not deserve something, then your statement of deserving it was simply wrong. That does not mean it is kufr.[1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Fahad Abdul Wahab
Student Darul Iftaa
USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
www.Daruliftaa.net
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[1] ( والكبيرة ) .....وبالجملة ، المراد ها هنا ان الكبيرة التي هي غير الكفر (لا تخرج العبد المؤمن من الايمان) لبقاء التصديق الذي هو حقيقة الايمان
.....(و لا تدخله) اي: لا تدخل العبد المؤمن (في الكفر) خلافا للخوارج...
[شرح العقائد النسفية ص١٣٨ دار البيروتي]
- Answered by
- Fahad Abdul Wahab
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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