{"_id":"688fe602307d6896c0886deb","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"How should we understand the hadith about takfir accusations?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"I would like to better understand what it means for something to “take someone out of the fold of Islam.” For example, how do we understand the hadith about takfir taking the accuser out of Islam? Is it literal, or more about the person’s state of heart and being in a low state with Allah if they cross such an extreme line with a fellow Muslim?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"There are several scholarly interpretations of the ḥadīth, but there is no disagreement that it highlights the gravity of labeling other Muslims kuffār (takfīr). The interpretation adopted by many Shāfiʿī scholars is as follows:\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"If a Muslim calls another Muslim a kāfir without a valid interpretive excuse (taʾwīl), then they themselves have fallen into kufr, because they have declared Islām as kufr, which is itself kufr.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"6771f804780db971903c8df1","tag":"Relationships: Other","count":40},{"_id":"668da0580b76658b4c2334b2","tag":"Knowledge: Aqeedah","count":38}],"createdOn":"2025-08-03T22:43:14.044Z"}