Takfeer Of Zakat Rejecters During Caliphate Of Abu Bakr (rta)
Islam has established it a right of the state to collect Zakat from its Muslim citizens, therefore, a state has all the right to use its authority over its citizens to collect Zakat from them, whether through use of force or otherwise. In addition to that, for the direct addressees of Quran , acceptance of Islam , offering of Salah and Paying of Zakat were made necessary conditions for the rejectors ( munkireen/kuffar ) of that time in order to be left alive, after itmam-e-hujjah was done on them and final punishment was imposed ( see Quran 9:5 ). Abu Bakr (rta) fought against the rejectors of Zakat under this very principle . For comments of Ghamidi Sahab , please refer to the following Video from 31:34 to 41:32 https://www.youtube.com/live/ed0syiJLvuA?si=JmICCjYjsPCSXT9v&t=1894