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prohibition of Takfir |
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Takfir or the condemnation of a
Muslim by another Muslim as a kafir is strictly
prohibited in the Quran, the Hadith, and the writings of
many eminent Muslim authorities. This section presents quotes from the Quran,
Hadith, and Muslim theologians on the prohibition of Takfir
(calling a Muslim as a kafir). Also, the view held
by Muslim theologians' that a person cannot be called kafir
on the grounds that he differs with a
commonly-accepted interpretation of some religious point.
One chief argument
advanced by our opponents is that Ahmadis are kafir
because the leaders of various Muslim groups have issued
fatwas (rulings) against them, describing them as kafir.
But the fact is that all these sects have also issued
fatwas of the same sort against each other. Their fatwas
declare Muslims to be kafir on the most trivial grounds.
Therefore by this argument, every Muslim in the world can
be proved to be a kafir!
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This Section first
presents quotes from the Quran, Hadith and the writings
of Islamic Jurists on the prohibition of takfir. It then
presents examples of fatwas of kufr issued by various
Sunni sects against each other in recent times. It then
shows that the great Muslim religious figures in history
were all persecuted and branded as kafir by the religious
leaders and the Muslim governments of their times. The
fact that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad has been subjected to
similar treatment is more an indication of his truth,
rather than proving him to be a kafir.
Ghulam Ahmad Pervez of
Lahore is a well-known Pakistani Islamic thinker and
writer, representing the Ahl-i Quran tendency, and
founder of the Idara Tulu`-i-Islam (Institute of
the Dawn of Islam). In the monthly journal of this
institute, entitled Tulu`-i-Islam, dated August
1969, there is an extensive article headed Fatwas of
Kufr (Rulings of Heresy) quoting fatwas of various
Sunni groups condemning one another as kafir. All but the
first two and the last section are taken from this
article.
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