Al-Sharḥ al-MumtiʿIbn al-'Uthaymin

If they say such things, we say: You are disbelievers, and there is no doubt that whoever doubts your disbelief is himself a disbeliever. No one doubts that the Jews, the Christians, the Magians, and the idolaters are all disbelievers. Even if they say, “We believe in Allah,” we say: “You lie. You disbelieve in Allah the Magnificent and in His messengers.”

It is obligatory upon us to proclaim to them, loudly enough to fill their ears, that they are disbelievers, and to disavow them as completely as the wolf was innocent of Joseph’s blood. As for flattering them, seeking their favour, and saying to them, “You are our brothers in religion; you follow a divinely revealed religion, and we follow a divinely revealed religion; the difference between us is no more than the difference between Imam Ahmad and al-Shafi‘i”—we ask Allah for protection—then this is outright disbelief.

I have been told that some of those in charge of associations in Western lands make such statements. I call you to witness that we disavow them so long as they utter such words. Indeed, the religion of Islam itself disavows them. They must repent to Allah, Exalted is He, return to their religion, and make a statement in which they can take pride: “We declare as disbelievers everyone whom Allah has declared a disbeliever.” The matter does not belong to us or to them; it belongs to Allah. Whomever Allah declares a disbeliever is a disbeliever, and whomever Allah does not declare a disbeliever is not a disbeliever.

Thus Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said that whoever does not declare a follower of a religion other than Islam to be a disbeliever is himself a disbeliever. And he spoke the truth, may Allah have mercy on him, for if he does not declare him a disbeliever, his statement necessarily entails that Allah accepts his religion. This entails rejecting the words of Allah, Exalted is He:

“Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers.” [Al 'Imran]

And His saying, Exalted is He:

“Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam.” [Al 'Imran: 19]

Islam alone, and no other.

He said: “Or if he makes a statement intended to mislead the Ummah, or to declare as disbelievers

إذا قالوا هذا، قلنا: أنتم كفار، ولا شك في كفر من شك في كفركم، ولا أحد يشك في أن اليهود والنصارى والمجوس والوثنيين كلهم كفار، ولو قالوا: آمنا بالله، نقول: كذبتم، أنتم كافرون بالله العظيم وبرسله، والواجب علينا أن نصيح بهم صيحة، تملأ آذانهم بأنهم كفار، وأن نتبرأ منهم براءة الذئب من دم يوسف، أما أن نداهنهم، ونصانعهم، ونقول لهم: أنتم إخواننا في الدين، أنتم على دين سماوي، ونحن على دين سماوي، وما الخلاف بيننا وبينكم إلا كالخلاف بين الإمام أحمد والشافعي ـ نسأل الله العافية ـ فهذا عين الكفر، وقد حُدِّثتُ أن بعض القائمين على اتحادات في بلاد الغرب يقولون مثل هذا القول، وأنا أشهدكم أننا منهم بريئون ما داموا يقولون بهذا القول، بل إن دين الإسلام منهم بريء، وأنهم يجب عليهم أن يتوبوا إلى الله ﷿ ويرجعوا إلى دينهم، ويقولوا قولاً يفخرون به، وهو: أننا نكفر كل من كفره الله ﷿، والأمر ليس إلينا ولا إليهم، الأمر إلى الله، فمن كفَّره الله فهو كافر، ومن لم يكفره الله فليس بكافر، فهذا شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية ﵀ يقول: إن الذي لا يكفِّر من دان بغير الإسلام فهو كافر، وصدق ﵀؛ لأنه إذا لم يكفره فإن قوله يستلزم أن يقبل الله دينه، وهذا يستلزم تكذيب قول الله ﷿: ﴿وَمَنْ يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الإِسْلَامِ دِيناً فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ *﴾ [آل عمران]، وقوله تعالى: ﴿إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الإِسْلَامُ﴾ [آل عمران: ١٩] فقط، لا غير. قال: «أو قال قولاً يتوصل به إلى تضليل الأمة، أو تكفير

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