helping in harming the Muslims than that is not clear kufr ". Kitaabul Umm Volume 4 p356 b. Shaykul Islam ibntaymiyah (728) after mentioning that what Hatib did was a Sin and not Kufr when he was talking about some of the things the companions did that were sins he said "and these issues occurred due to desires and hastiness, not due to having doubts in the religion, like what happened with Hatib from spying for Qurasih even though it is sins, and it is obligatory upon the one who does it to repent" SaarimulMaslul P 202 c. Shaykul Islamibntaymiyah (728) also said: "it is possible that a man can love them (Mushrikeen) due to kinship or another need so it becomes a sin that decreases emaan and he does not become a kafir due to it, like what happened with HatibibnabiBalta when he wrote to the mushrikeen informing them of some of the news of the Prophet peace be upon him and Allah revealed " O you who believe! Take not my enemies and your enemies (i.e. disbelievers and polytheists, etc.) as friends, showing affection towards them" d. IbnJawzi (592)said when explaining the verse in surahmaidah51 " And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them". There are two opinions in it the first; the one who allies with them due to their religion then he is from them in terms of disbelief, the second; the one who allies with them