to brand as unbeliever (التَّكْفِير)
العقيدة أصول الفقه
التعريف :
- to judge a belief, statement or action as blasphemy.
المعنى الاصطلاحي :
Considering a Muslim to be a disbeliever.
الشرح المختصر :
"Takfeer" (considering someone an apostate) means ascribing a Muslim to disbelief and apostasy (i.e. that he has left the religion of Islam) when he commits an action that invalidates his religion. Calling someone an apostate is an Islamic ruling that Allah and His Messenger decide, just like deeming something as lawful, unlawful, or obligatory. Not every word or deed described as "kufr" is considered to be major "kufr", and not everyone who commits an act of "kufr" is judged to be an apostate. Apostasy is established only when the causes of "kufr" exist, its conditions are met, and its impediments are absent. The reason why a person is called a disbeliever because it covers the heart of the disbeliever.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر :
"Takfeer": covering or concealing. Other meanings: describing someone as an apostate; concealing a sin; submissivenss.