SOME EXAMPLES OF KAAFIRS

SOME EXAMPLES OF KAAFIRS

The following persons are kaafir :

1. One who believes in a nabi (prophet) after Muhammad Rasulullah (SAW), i.e. one who rejects the finality of the Nubuwwat of
Rasulullah (SAW).

2. One who believes any person to be equal or superior in rank to Muhammad Rasulullah (SAW). 

3. One who believes Nubuwwat to be an acquired office, i.e. able to acquired by means of self-purification and piety.

4. One who claims that Wahi (Divine Revelation) comes to him even if he does not claim to be a Nabi. 

5. One who denies the Mu'jizaat (miracles) of the Ambiyaa (AS) even if such denial is not outright but is by way of interpretation (ta'weel).

6. One who rejects Rajm (stoning to death of adulterers). Modernists propagate this rejection which was first claimed by the Khaarji Sect.

7. One who refuses to accept that the believers in religions other than Islam are Kaafir.

8. One who claims that Hadhrat Abu Bakr, Hadhrat Umar, Hadhrat Uthmaan(RA) are kaafir.

9. One who brands the Sahaabah as kaafir or murtad. 

10. One who perpetrates an act which is a specific sign or feature of kufr, e.g. wearing a cross; standing with reverence in front of an idol.

11. One who expresses satisfaction or support, or preference for any act or statement of kufr. 

12. One who considers anything of the kuffar to be superior to that ordered by Islam.

13. One who utters kufr even in jest.

14. One who speaks ill of a Nabi.

15. One who attributes sin to a Nabi.

16. One who legalizes haraam acts.

17. One who makes unlawful the lawful acts of Islam.

18. One who denies the attributes of ALLAH Ta'ala.

19. One who denies the physical resurrection of the bodies in the Aakhirah.

20. One who denies the belief of Taqdeer.

21. One who denies the physical or material nature of Jannat and Jahannum.

22. One who claims that Rasulullah's(SAW) explanations of certain events and things were not in accord with reality, but were merely to entice the masses into acceptance of Islam. 

23. One who claims that belief in Islam is not a requisite for Najaat(Salvation in the Hereafter).

24. One who finds fault with any belief, act, practice or teaching of Islam.

25. One who jests or mocks with any teaching of Islam. 

26. One who believes in the unity of unification of all existing religions, claiming that the various religions existing today are all true, leading to ALLAH Ta'ala.

THE FOUR CLASSES OF KUFR

1. Kufr Jahl
2. Kufr Juhood
3. Kufr Shakk
4. Kufr Ta'weel

*The one guilty of any of these types of kufr is described as a kafir in the Shariah.*

Kufr Jahl: This means kufr occasioned by ignorance. Islam or the teachings of Islam are denied on the basis of ignorance. The
rejector believes that the claim of Islam is false. This was the type of kufr of Abu Jahl and his companions.

Kufr Juhood: This means deliberate kufr. The denial of Islam or its teachings is occasioned deliberately, inspite of realizing its truth. This type of kufr is the result of rebellion and obstinacy. This was the type of kufr of the Ahl-e-Kitaab (the Jews and Christians). This is also the kufr of Iblees (Shaitan).

Kufr Shakk: This means kufr occasioned by doubt. The denier doubts the truth of Islam.

Kufr Ta'weel: This means kufr by way of interpretation. The kufr is not committed by outright rejection, but is rendered by means of interpretation. A belief or teaching of Islam is distorted or given an interpretation or meaning other than what was the meaning ascribed to it by Rasulullah (SAW).

In conclusion, we are Muslims, meaning we have to willing submit to the will and decree of ALLAH a.z. and not pick and choose from our religion what we like and attempt to change what we don't. May ALLAH give us guidance and the ability to accept it.