EVIDENCES FOR TAKFIR FROM ISLAMIC HISTORY pdf

Evidences for Takfir from Islamic history An Excerpt from Mukhtasar Sirah ar-Rasul by Shaykh Al-Mujaddid Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdil-Wahhab

EVIDENCES FOR TAKFIR FROM ISLAMIC HISTORY

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A tribe from among the people of Yemen believed al-Aswad al-‘Ansi’s claim to prophethood, while another tribe believed Tulayhah al-Asadi.

 None of the Sahabah (radiyallahu ‘anhum) had any doubt as to the kufr of those whom we have mentioned, nor the obligation to fight them, except those who refused to pay zakah. And so when Abu Bakr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) tesolved to ficht them, it was said to him,

“How can we fight them, when the Messenger of Allah has said, ‘I was commanded to fight the people until they say none has the right to be worshiped except Allah, and if they declare that, then their lives and their property are safe from me, except by the right in Islam.’ ”’

Abu Bakr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said, “Zakah is a part of that right. By Allah, were they to refuse me a rope which they used to pay to the Messenger of Allah, I would ficht them due to that.”

 As a result, the misconception and doubt was lifted from the Sahabah (radiyallahu ‘anhum), and they realized the necessity to fight them. So they fought them, and Allah helped them.

 They killed some of them and took their women and children captive. Therefore, one of the most important obligations upon the Muslim today is to reflect on this story, which Allah has made one of His proofs against mankind until the Day of Resurrection.

And whoever reflects well on this – especially if he knows that Allah made it well known to the general populace and that the scholars are unanimously agreed that the action of Abu Bakr in that was correct, and they declared that it was one of his greatest acts of virtue and knowledge in that he did not hesitate to fight them.

Indeed, he fought them from the first moment, and they realized the depth of his understanding of the evidences which he cited against them which were dubious to the companions, for he answered them with their own evidence, although the matter is made clear in the Quran and Sunnah.