If someone uttered words of disbelief or mocked Islam or disbelieved in pillers of faith or disbelieved in Allah and his attributes and powers can I call him a Kafir/disbeliever/atheist?
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If they actually have willingly done what you claim then it is permissible to call them kafir/disbeliever as they have committed Kufr and the word falls true on them. It would be in the first case mentioned in the hadith:
أيما امرئ قال لأخيه: يا كافر، فقد باء بها أحدهما، إن كان كما قال، وإلا رجعت عليه
Any man who says to his brother: "O disbeliever," it will apply to one of them. Either it is as he said, otherwise it will come back to him.
— Muslim
Uttering words of disbelief or mocking does nullify Islam, even if done in jest:
قل أبالله وآياته ورسوله كنتم تستهزئون لا تعتذروا قد كفرتم بعد إيمانكم
Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?" Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief.
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The person said"........ like Allah is dead" naujubillah. Can i call this person atheist because the person disbelieved Allah's power? Commented Sep 26, 2020 at 6:52
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Yes it could be if he said that intentionally, as that is an insult and denial of Allah. No if it was a slip of the tongue or if the complete sentence had some context which meant something else.– UmH ♦Commented Sep 26, 2020 at 6:59
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It was intentional because it was posted in Facebook and the full post was about insult of Islam. Commented Sep 26, 2020 at 16:27
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I didn't call one kafir in front of the person. Do i have any sin? Commented Sep 26, 2020 at 16:29
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I have already answered, if he did commit Kufr then there is no sin in calling him Kafir.– UmH ♦Commented Sep 26, 2020 at 16:29
Assalamualaikum waramatullahi wabarakatuhu
You are not allowed to call someone kafir because only Allah knows the people that believe and the people that disbelieve. Also by calling someone a kafir can also make you too as a kafir, there is an Hadith that one said
Sahih al-Bukhari 6103 Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If a man says to his brother, O Kafir (disbeliever)!' Then surely one of them is such (i.e., a Kafir). "
So please my brother don't call someone a kafir
Wasalamu alaikum
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1That does not apply when someone actually has committed Kufr. See islam.stackexchange.com/questions/46856– UmH ♦Commented Sep 26, 2020 at 5:35
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What if one did not say it directly in front of one or publicly? Commented Sep 26, 2020 at 6:02