Ruling on a person who considers to Shia as Muslims, thinks it is permissible to pray behind a Shia imam, and holds blasphemous beliefs:
Ruling on a person who considers to Shia as Muslims, thinks it is permissible to pray behind a Shia imam, and holds blasphemous beliefs:
Question: What do the scholars of Islam and the muftis of the Shariah say about a person who holds the following beliefs:
1.Shia and Sunni are both believers and Muslims, and they are inseparable, like two eyes or two wheels of a vehicle. Shia are Muslims who can preach Islam and reform Muslims and their beliefs.
2.A group that calls itself Sunni but considers it permissible to pray behind a Shia imam and to pray for forgiveness for polytheists and disbelievers.
3.Islam does not recognize any person's word as the final word after the Prophet (peace be upon him), and considers the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) as mujtahids whose opinions may be correct or incorrect, and whose decisions and opinions may be disagreed with.
4.Our religion, Islam, is just a collection of rituals and has no connection with practical life. It is a spiritual matter, and its reward and punishment are up to Allah alone.
5.Islam prohibits speaking against each other's deities despite religious differences, and teaches tolerance and respect towards people of other religions, even if they are Jewish.
6.Regional customs should not be declared un-Islamic.
7.A non-Muslim Chief Justice, even if he is a Sikh, can defend Islamic law and the Islamic justice system, and can gain a place in the hearts of religious circles.
8.Islam has a point of view on democracy.
Answer: If the question is valid, the person who holds these beliefs is a zindiq, kafir, and murtad who wants to make the Shariah subservient to himself, and some of his beliefs are contrary to the definitive texts of the Quran.
قال اللہ تعالٰی: ماکان للنبی والذین آمنوا ان یستغفروا للمشرکین ولو کانوا اولی قربی من بعد ما تبین لھم انھم اصحٰب الجحیم۔
وقال اللہ تعالٰی: یایھا الذین آمنوا لاتتخذوا الیھود والنصاری اولیاء بعضھم اولیاء بعض، وفی ھذہ الآیة دلالة علی ان الکافر لایکون ولھا للمسلم لا فی التصرف ولا فی النصرة ویدل علی وجوب البراءة من الکفار والعداوة لان الولایة ضد العداوة فاذا امرنا بمعاداة الیھود والنصاری لکفرھم فغیرھم من الکفار بمنزلتھم ویدل علی الکفر کله ملة واحدة۔
(Ahkam al-Quran lil-Jassas, vol. 2, p. 622)
ویجب اکفار الروافض فی قولھم برجعة الاموات الی الدنیا ویتناسخ الارواح و بانتقال روح الاله الی الائمة وبقولھم فی خروج امام باطن وبتعطیلھم الامر و النھی الی ان یخرج الامام الباطن۔
(Al-Hindiyyah, vol. 2, p. 264)
قلت الزندیق من یحرف فی معانی الالفاظ مع ابقاء الاسلام .... فھذا ھو الزندیق حقا ای التغییر فی المصادیق وتبدیل المعانی علی خلاف ما عرفت عند اھل الشرع وصرفھا الی اھوانه مع ابقاء اللفظ علی ظاھره۔ والعیاذ باللہ۔
(Faid al-Bari, vol. 4, p. 472)
والحاصل ان الایمان محله القلب والاسلام موضعه القلب والجسد الکامل منھما یترکب او الدین اسم واقع علی الایمان والاسلام والشرائع کلھا ای الاحکام جمیعھا والمعنی ان الدین اذا اطلق فالمراد به التصدیق والاقرار وقبول الاحکام للانبیاء علیھم السلام۔
(Sharh al-Fiqh al-Akbar, p. 90)
ویکفر اذا انکر آیة من القرآن او سخر بآیة منه.
(Al-Bahr al-Ra'iq, vol. 5, p. 205)
ومن اعتقد الحرام حلالا او علی القلب یکفر۔
(Al-Hindiyyah, vol. 2, p. 274)
والاسلام ھو القیام بالاقرار وعمل الابرار فی مقام التوفیق۔
(Sharh al-Fiqh al-Akbar, p. 90)
(Irshad al-Muftin, vol. 1, p. 91)