Defining Kafir, Mushrik And A Non-Muslim
Very nicely explained. Thank you so much.🙏🏻
Knowingly going with prejudice against the truth is what becomes istakbar and it applies to everyone irrespective of their religion. If a Muslim, for instance is involved in a polytheistic activity and still commits to it based on his prejudice despite knowing it to be wrong is in the same category as that of a Mushrik or a Kafir. .Or when the same Muslim was given arguments against his beliefs, what was his attitude towards them can also contribute in his Kufar or Iman. So effectively, there is no difference whether a person is Muslim or a Non-Muslim, it is ultimately everyone’s attitude towards the truth which will decide their final destination in akhirah. There’s no way for us to know who is an actual Kafir in the books of AlMighty. This is divine information which is only given to the respective Rasul and hence divine punishment imposed against such kafir or Kuffar. State has no authority to give this punishment, this is divine punishment given under supervision of Rasul only.