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Question Regarding Takfeer
The following is a question asked from a skeptic of Javed Ahmed Ghamidi. So please if possible, give a detailed answer:
Respected Javed Ahmed Ghamidi Sahab, you argue that Takfeer is impermissible for Muslims. However, in the Hadith reported in Sahih Muslim (2494a) and Sahih Bukhari (6939) there is an incident during the Treaty of Hudaybiyah, where a companion betrayed the Muslims by aiding the polytheists. When questioned by the Prophet ﷺ, the companion stated that he was compelled to do so but remained a Muslim at heart. The Prophet ﷺ accepted his statement and acknowledged that he spoke the truth.
Following this, Umar (رضي الله عنه) called the man a hypocrite (Munafiq). While the Prophet ﷺ told Umar (رضي الله عنه) to leave the man alone, he did not admonish Umar (رضي الله عنه) by saying that Takfeer is impermissible. This suggests a tacit approval of Umar’s assessment or at least an acknowledgment that such judgments were not inherently forbidden. Moreover, the Prophet ﷺ did not instruct Umar (رضي الله عنه) to re-enter Islam, which would have been necessary if calling someone a Kafir automatically rendered the one making the accusation a disbeliever.
A similar incident happened about a man called Malik Ad-Dukhshun mentioned in Bukhari (6938).
How do you reconcile these incidents with your position that takfeer is categorically impermissible? Doesn’t this Hadith indicate that while Takfeer should be approached cautiously, it is not absolutely prohibited, especially in cases where someone’s actions outwardly contradict Islamic principles?
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Question Regarding Takfeer
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Rules or principles are not derived ved from the incidents. To call someone kafir one needs to know he denied a truth deliberately and he has no excuse. Secondly we have not been given a responsibility to determine if a person is a kafir or not a kafir. This is not our domain.
In the above incident it was an expression of anger from Hazrat Umar seeing the actions of the person, as there were hypocrites and Umar associated him with them and the prophet calmed him down.
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Could it be that the prohibition of takfeer was revealed in surah Hujurat and this event occurred before it?
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We have no jurisdiction to call someone kafir. This needs no prohibition. We do not have the authority, nor responsibility to do that.
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