The Third Nullifier !

The Third Nullifier: Whoever doesn’t make Takfeer upon the disbelievers, or doubts in their Kuffr, or corrects their way or beliefs. 

This is the third Nullifier that Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdil-Wahhab mentioned in “Nawaqid al-Islam”, and the Scholars have unanimously agreed upon it, in entirety. And the criterion returns back to affirming the texts and accepting the ruling of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, so whoever doesn’t make Takfeer upon whom Allah has made Takfeer upon, then he has rejected Allah’s ruling and abstained from acting upon it and denied His text and displayed arrogance to His command. 

The Scholars have mentioned this principle in numerous matters, such as whoever doesn’t make Takfeer upon the one that calls upon ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib whoever doesn’t make Takfeer upon the Nusayriyyah, and whoever doesn’t make Takfeer upon the Jews and Christians, and what’s similar to that. 

The one who doesn’t understand the framework and criterion for this Nullifier would fall into chain Takfeer, and this is what occurred with groups from the Ghulaat, the most famous example being “al-Jama’ah al-Islamiyyah al-Musallaha” (i.e. The Armed Islamic Group) in Algeria after it deviated. It (eventually lead them to) make peace-treaties with the Tawagheet so it could branch out to fight the Mujahideen fi sabilillah.

The one who doesn’t make Takfeer upon the Kaafir could be someone who doesn’t know his reality, such as not knowing that the so-called “Turki al-Hamad” uttered what he uttered from Kuffr. So, this person is excused and isn’t included within this principle (i.e. 3rd Nullifier). 

 

But as for the one who knows his reality, then the Kaafir who he didn’t make Takfeer upon or doubted in his Kuffr or thought his way was correct must be observed case by case, and this is divided into several categories:

1. That the disbelief of this Kaafir is from what’s known in the Deen by necessity; and whoever doesn’t know that then he is not from the people of Islam, such as the one who doubts in the Kuffr of the idol worshippers, Buddhists, Jews, Christians in their entirety. Whoever doubts in the Kuffr of some of these Kuffaar, then he is a Kaafir just like them.
2. That his disbelief is not from what’s known in the Deen by necessity however the textual evidences explicitly indicate that. So, whoever doubts in his disbelief is to have the textual evidences shown and clarified to him, then if he doesn’t accept it he disbelieves. An example of that are the grave worshippers who make Dua’a to it, vow to it, and perform Hajj around it from those who ascribe to Islam; whoever doubts in their disbelief, the evidences must be shown and clarified to him regarding that, so if he doesn’t make Takfeer upon them (after that), he disbelieves.
3. That his disbelief is subject to a misconception, such as the rulers who rule by other than what Allah has revealed, and what’s similar to that, so these (rulers) even though their Kuffr is explicit with the one who has precisely understood the issue because the occurrence of misconceptions is possible. The one who doesn’t make Takfeer upon them doesn’t disbelieve except if the Hujjah is established upon him, and the misconception has been exposed and removed (from him), and he knows that the judgement of Allah regarding them (i.e. the rulers) is making Takfeer upon them.
4. That his disbelief is a matter of Ijtihaad and it has a difference of opinion between the Muslimeen.

And Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdil-Wahhab has mentioned three images in this Nullifier: 
The one who does not make Takfeer upon the Kuffaar; and it is what has surpassed.

1. Whoever doubts in their disbelief; and it returns back to what has surpassed, restricted to the criterion itself. Whoever doesn’t make Takfeer upon a Kaafir disbelieves due to denying the text of Allah and opposing it, and whoever doubts in the disbelief of the Kaafir disbelieves due to having doubts in the text of Allah and refusing to accept it.
2. Whoever corrects their way or beliefs; and in reality this image falls under the fourth Nullifier following this Nullifier, but the Imam rather mentioned it here for its resemblance of the issue, not due to it being an image from its images, and the discussion regarding it will come shortly by the permission of Allah.

 [Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam, By By ash-Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Aziz at-Tuwayli’i (rahimahUllah)]