Defining Kafir, Mushrik And A Non-Muslim
So, basically a person who deliberately denies the truth is a kafir. Now this deliberately denying the truth can extend to ” being biased knowingly, or for any reason a person knowingly(in it’s truest sense) ignores the truth. I used the line “in it’s truest sense” because there are too many things nowadays that get in the way of knowing the truth. Like, if a non-muslim have a mindset that muslims are terrorists or not good and that mindset leads him to ignore the truth or ignore him to even listen the counter arguments. Also, If a muslim grew up in non- islamic society, or household, such things can lead him to ignore Islamic values or to even know the truth. So I think these things do not make a person to fall under the category of kafir or mushrik. The Mindset, state of mind of an individual, clarity in knowledge,conciousness everything matters. So according to what I understood, When a person conciously ignores the truth, or if a person conciously knows that he is biased and deliberatly continues to do wrong, then such things can make a person fall in the category of kafir. So, inshort, a person who deliberately denies the truth is a kafir. Now the decision and judgement is up to Allah, we can just point out the attitude if anyone is being diverted.