Know O' Believers that Allaah has obligated all
of His servants to enter the fold of Islaam, to
hold tightly onto it and to beware of those
things that oppose it. And He sent His Prophet,
Muhammad ﷺ , to call the people
to that, informing us that whoever follows him is
guided, whereas whoever turns away from him
is astray. In many ayaat (verses) of the Qur’aan,
He has warned us about the things that cause
one to apostate as well as all the rest of the
types of Shirk (polytheism) and Kufr (disbelief).
The scholars, may Allaah have mercy on them,
have mentioned in their chapters on the “Ruling
of the Apostate”, that a Muslim may apostate
from his Religion through various types of
Nullifiers (of Faith) which causes him to leave
from the fold of Islaam.
And from the most dangerous amongst them
and those that occur most often are ten
nullifiers ..
#First: Shirk (associating partners) in the
worship of Allaah. Allaah says: “Verily, Allaah
does not forgive that partners be associated
with Him in worship (Shirk), but He forgives
what is less than that to whom He wills.” [Surah
An-Nisaa: 116]
And He says: “Verily, the one who mixes
partners in worship with Allaah (Shirk), then
Paradise has been made forbidden for him and
his final abode will be the Hellfire. And the
wrongdoers will not have any helpers (in
Hell).” [Surah Al-Maa’idah: 72]
What falls into this is supplicating and invoking
the deceased, seeking assistance from them, as
well as making oaths to them and offering
sacrificial animals to them.
#Second: Whoever places intermediaries
between himself and Allaah, asking them to
intercede on his behalf, and relying on them, has
committed disbelief according to the unanimous
agreement of the scholars.
#Third: Whoever does not hold the polytheists
to be disbelievers, or has doubts about their
disbelief or considers their ways and beliefs to
be correct, has committed disbelief.
#Fourth: Whoever believes that some guidance
other than that of the Prophet’s
ﷺ is more complete than his
guidance and that someone else’s judgement is
better than his judgement, such as those who
prefer the judgement of the Tawaagheet (pl. of
Taaghoot; false deities/religions) over his
judgement, then he is a disbeliever.
#Fifth: Whoever hates something that the
Messenger came with, even though he may act
on it, has disbelieved, based on Allaah’s saying:
“That is because they disliked what Allaah sent
down, so He nullified their (good) deeds.” [Surah
Muhammad: 9]
#Sixth: Whoever mocks or ridicules any part of
the Messenger’s Religion or its rewards or
punishments has committed an act of disbelief.
The proof for this is Allaah’s statement: “Say:
`Was it Allaah and His verses and His
Messenger that you were mocking? Make no
excuses, you have disbelieved after having had
faith.” [Surah At-Tawbah: 65-66]
#Seventh: Sorcery, which includes magic spells
that causes a person to hate (sarf) or love (`atf)
someone/something. So whoever performs it or
is pleased with it being done, has committed
disbelief. The proof for this is Allaah’s
statement: “And neither of these two (angels)
would teach anyone until they had first said to
them: `We are only a trial (for the people), so
do not commit disbelief.'” [Surah Al-Baqarah:
102]
#Eighth: Supporting and assisting the
polytheists against the Muslims. The proof for
this is Allaah’s statement: “And whoever
amongst you takes them (i.e. the kuffar as
allies and protectors then he is indeed from
among them. Verily, Allaah does not guide a
wrong-doing people.” [Surah Al-Maa’idah: 51]
#Ninth: Whoever believes that it is permitted for
some people to be free of (implementing) the
Sharee’ah (revealed laws) of Muhammad (i.e.
Islaam), then he is a disbeliever, according to
Allaah’s statement: “And whoever seeks a
Religion other than Islaam, it will never be
accepted from him and in the Hereafter, he will
be from among the losers.” [Surah Aali `Imraan:
85]
#Tenth: Turning away from Allaah’s Religion,
not learning it or implementing it (is an act of
disbelief). The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
“And who does more wrong than he who is
reminded of the ayaat (signs/verses) of his
Lord, then turns away from them. Verily, We
shall extract retribution from the
criminals.” [Surah As-Sajdah: 22]
There is no difference, with regard to
(committing any of) these nullifiers, between
the one who jokes, the one who is serious or
the one who does so out of fear. However, the
one who commits them due to being coerced (is
excused). All of these (ten) matters are from
the gravest in danger and from those that most
often occur. So the Muslim must beware of
them and fear from these acts befalling him.
We seek refuge in Allaah from those things that
bring about His Anger and painful Punishment.
May the peace and blessings be on the best of
His creatures, Muhammad ﷺ.