ISTIHLAAL Can Be HEART, TONGUE Or LIMBS !!!

The innovation that Istihlaal must occur in the heart was introduced only by the Murji’ah and never existed among Ahl Al Sunnah Wal Jama’ah.

Imaan is sayings and actions and conviction in the heart. Istihlaal by the heart is Kufr Akbar, Istihlaal by the sayings is Kufr Akbar and Istihlaal by the limbs is kufr Akbar too.

Example:

The one who believed in his heart that ribaa – Interest is Halal despite the revelation about ribaa reaching him – he is kafir even if he never pronounced that with his tongue or limbs but nobody will know him except Allah.

The one who claimed with his tongue: “Ribaa is Halal” or “Ribaa is not Haram” or “Ribaa is not a crime” or “Ribaa is not a sin” or “Ribaa is the better way” or “the one who doesn’t deal with ribaa is sinful or a criminal” etc – he is kafir EVEN IF HE BELIEVED DIFFERENT IN HIS HEART.

The one who wrote with his hand: “Ribaa is Halal” or “Ribaa is not Haram” or “Ribaa is not a crime” or “Ribaa is not a sin” or “Ribaa is the better way” or “the one who doesn’t deal with ribaa is sinful or a criminal” or he set up courts and judged in economic disputes OBLIGING people to pay ribaa in their loans and declaring the official law of the land to be punishment for the one who doesn’t pay it or reward for the one who does pay it – then he is kafir EVEN IF HE BELIEVED RIBAA WAS HARAM IN HIS HEART.

In fact he is even worse if he did that knowing that Allah made it Haram and claimed it was Halal as this is stubbornness and hatred for what Allah revealed and favouring his own opinion whereas Qudama bin Maz’un only made sincere ijtihaad when he concluded alcohol was halal for him and yet Umar said to him “repent or I will kill you.”

This is not the same as someone COMMITTING a sin like paying interest on a mortgage while admitting it is haram, even if he did it many times – there is a massive difference between the above actions of istihlaal and committing a sin, I am sure any sincere rational person can tell the difference.

Just a Brief note on Istihlaal as above by Ustadh Abu Baraa' (hafidhUllah), to further assist those who claim that the ruling of Kuffr Akbar based on Istihlaal can only be made if one explicitly says and believes with his heart that I believe such and such is Haraam when Allah has made it Halaal, and I believe such and such is Halaal when Allah has made it Haraam, i.e. all his Limb actions can be of Kuffr Akbar but he is not to be labelled a Kaafir, unless he explicitly says it by his Tongue and affirms it by his Heart, SubhanAllah!!! Apparently his Limbs has no say in it and he can continue to do Kuffr Akbar as a Muslim! La hawla wala quwwata illah billah!!!
  

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