بسم الله والحمد لله
والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
The Mu`tazilah (the deviated sect) came with the concept
of “a stage in-between two stages”; saying that a person who does a major sin (like
adultery, gambling, drinking intoxicants) is neither a Muslim nor a Kaafir, he
is in-between the stage of being a Muslim and a Kaafir; and he will abide in
the Hellfire forever.
Similarly, nowadays, the likes of Hamza Yusuf and Nouman
Ali Khan have adopted the same concept and applied it on the Jews and the
Christians, saying they are neither Believers nor Kaafir, they are in-between
(i.e. they should only be referred as “the people of the Book” and should not
be called as Kaafir).
Firstly:
Their act of Kufr is mentioned throughout the Qur’aan and
they being Kaafir is clearly mentioned in Surah al-Maaidah (5): 72 and 73, as
well as the whole of Surah al-Bayyinah (98).
﴿لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّـهَ
هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ﴾
{Surely, they have disbelieved who say: "Allaah is
the Messiah”} [Surah al-Maaidah (5): 72]
﴿لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّـهَ
ثَالِثُ ثَلَاثَةٍ﴾
{Surely, disbelievers are
those who said: "Allaah is the third of the three”} [Surah
al-Maaidah (5): 73]
﴿لَمْ يَكُنِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ
الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَةُ﴾
{Those who disbelieve from
among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and among Al-Mushrikoon,
were not going to leave (their disbelief) until there came to them clear
evidence.} [Surah al-Bayyinah (98): 1]
﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ
وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ
هُمْ شَرُّ الْبَرِيَّةِ﴾
{Verily, those who
disbelieve (in the religion of Islam, the Quran and Prophet Muhammad (Peace be
upon him)) from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and
Al-Mushrikun will abide in the Fire of Hell. They are the worst of creatures.}
[Surah al-Bayyinah (98): 6]
So there is no room for discussion here in the first place.
The one who opposes or rejects the Qur’aan is himself in danger of falling into
Kufr.
Secondly:
a. Can we offer the
funeral prayer for them? NO!
b. Can we seek Allaah’s
forgiveness for them? NO!
c. Can they be buried in
the Muslim graveyard? NO!
d. Can a Muslim inherit
from them? NO!
e. Can they inherit from
the Muslim? NO!
f. Can they enter Makkah
or Madeenah? NO!
g. Will they enter
Paradise if they die upon this Kufr? NO!
When the answer is NO, then why the need to differentiate
between them and the Kuffaar? All of them attribute partners to Allaah. All of
them attribute children to Allaah.
[The only difference between the Ahl al-Kitaab and the
Mushriks is that Allaah تعالى allowed the Muslims
to eat their meat and allowed the Muslim men to marry their women.]
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
said: “By Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad, he who amongst the
community of Jews or Christians hears about me, but does not affirm his belief
in that with which I have been sent and dies in this state (of disbelief), he
shall be but one of the denizens of Hell-Fire.” [Saheeh Muslim]
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