Takfeer And The Scholars In The Past
This is very interesting. I will definitely read the given paper in detail. I have heard that the initial scholars (even Imam Abu Hanifa and those of his era etc) did not directly declare anyone literally as ‘Kaafir’, even those whom people today consider as kaafir (like Khawarij and Muatazillah etc). They only used to declare their certain beliefs or practices as ‘Kuffr’ and that too, in extreme cases. How true is this?