1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:08,539 A Summary of the Concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah 2 00:00:08,539 --> 00:00:10,539 Obstacles to Declaring Someone an Apostate (Takfir) 3 00:00:10,539 --> 00:00:15,109 There are obstacles to declaring someone an apostate. 4 00:00:15,109 --> 00:00:21,109 If one of these obstacles is found in a specific individual at the time they commit an act that could be considered apostasy, 5 00:00:21,109 --> 00:00:24,109 they are not to be individually declared an apostate. 6 00:00:24,109 --> 00:00:29,109 This continues until the obstacle is removed and they persist in that state afterward. 7 00:00:29,109 --> 00:00:31,109 The most important of these obstacles are: 8 00:00:31,109 --> 00:00:36,109 Error, misinterpretation, coercion, and ignorance. 9 00:00:36,109 --> 00:00:40,109 The details of this are in the following concepts. 10 00:00:40,109 --> 00:00:44,820 A Summary of the Concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah