IS IT OK TO CALL ONE MUSLIM TO ANOTHER MUSLIM A MUNAFIQUEEN.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
IS IT
OK TO CALL ONE MUSLIM TO ANOTHER MUSLIM A MUNAFIQUEEN OR HELLFIRE (DOZAKHEE)
FOR NOT PRAYING AS MUCH AS THEM
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Answer:
Call a believer
hypocrite or jahanami
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 49 Surah
Hujuraat verse 10:
10 The believers are but a single Brotherhood: So make peace and
reconciliation between your two (contending) brothers: And fear Allah that ye
may receive Mercy.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 2526 Narrated by Anas ibn Malik
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘Three things are
the roots of faith:
- to
refrain from (killing) a person who utters, "There is no god but
Allah"
- not
to declare him unbeliever whatever sin he commits, and
- not
to excommunicate him from Islam for his any action.’
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 1740 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘A believer does not
taunt, curse, abuse or talk indecently.’
It is Allah Subhanah Alone Who will determine with
Absolute Justice who amongst those who professed belief in the world were
‘real’ believers and who amongst them were hypocrites; and it is the Lord Most
Majestic Most Supreme Alone Who will determine who amongst mankind has done
deeds which deserve His Mercy and who amongst them deserve His Wrath and His
Anger!
Based on the guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah, one may
say that such and such a belief or a deed is that of hypocrisy or
disbelief….but it simply does not behove and befit a believer who sincerely
fears Allah and the Last Day to adjudge or declare from himself that his
brother believer who has professed belief in Allah and the Last Day, is a
hypocrite or a denizen of the Hell-Fire!
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister