The essence of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah The condition for applying the rulings of disbelief There is a necessary connection and interdependence between the aforementioned impediments to declaring someone a disbeliever and the condition for applying it and they are Firstly verifying the absence of the preceding impediments to declaring someone a disbeliever or any of them Secondly confirming the occurrence of the act and the intention behind it for rulings are not to be based on mere assumptions and delusions The essence of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah