Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (214) | Greater disbelief and lesser disbelief
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Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah
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Major disbelief and minor disbelief
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Major disbelief is that which expels one from the religion (millah).
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Like the types mentioned in the previous concept.
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And it contradicts the foundation of faith.
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Therefore, Allah does not forgive it except through repentance.
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And its perpetrator will remain eternally in the Fire on the Day of Resurrection if he does not repent from it.
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Minor disbelief is that which is named disbelief but does not expel one from the religion.
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Such as committing some acts of disbelief
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which diminish faith but do not nullify it.
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Such as disbelief in blessings and fighting a Muslim,
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wailing over the dead, and slandering lineages,
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and minor hypocrisy (riya') and swearing by other than Allah.
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And all these actions have been named acts of disbelief in the Sharia.
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However, other Sharia evidence indicates that it is not intended to mean expulsion from the religion.
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Rather, its perpetrator is considered to have committed a great sin.
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And if he enters the Fire because of them, he will not remain eternally in it.
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And when the term "disbelief" is used generally,
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it originally refers to major disbelief,
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which nullifies all deeds
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and causes its perpetrator to remain eternally in the Fire if he dies upon it without repenting.
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Unless evidence indicates that this naming is not intended.
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Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah