Subul al-Salam — Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam by Ibn Baz (شرح نواقض الإسلام) — Page 14

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سُبُلُ السَّلَامِ شَرْحُ نَوَاقِضِ الْإِسْلَامِ.

Paths of Peace: An Explanation of the Nullifiers of Islam.

قَالَ الْإِمَامُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى - : (بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ. اعْلَمْ أَنَّ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ نَوَاقِضِ الْإِسْلَامِ عَشَرَةَ نَوَاقِضَ).

Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab—may Allah the Exalted have mercy on him—said: "In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. Know that among the greatest nullifiers of Islam are ten."

الشَّرْحُ: قَالَ ابْنُ بَازٍ: «هَذِهِ الْعَقِيدَةُ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةُ فِيهَا قَوَادِحُ تَقْدَحُ فِيهَا، وَنَوَاقِضُ تَنْقُضُهَا يَجِبُ أَنْ نُبَيِّنَهَا، وَالْقَوَادِحُ قِسْمَانِ: ١- قِسْمٌ يَنْقُضُ هَذِهِ الْعَقِيدَةَ وَيُبْطِلُهَا، وَيَكُونُ صَاحِبُهُ كَافِرًا. ٢- وَقِسْمٌ يَنْقُصُ هَذِهِ الْعَقِيدَةَ وَيُضْعِفُهَا.

Explanation: Ibn Baz said, "This Islamic creed is subject to flaws that undermine it and nullifiers that invalidate it, all of which we must clarify. These flaws are of two types: first, those that invalidate and destroy the creed, rendering the person a disbeliever; second, those that diminish and weaken it."

فَالْأَوَّلُ الَّذِي يُبْطِلُهَا وَيُفْسِدُهَا وَيَكُونُ صَاحِبُهُ كَافِرًا مُرْتَدًّا عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ يُسَمَّى نَاقِضًا وَيُسَمَّى مُفْسِدًا، فَنَوَاقِضُ الْإِسْلَامِ هِيَ: الْأُمُورُ الْقَوْلِيَّةُ، وَالْعَمَلِيَّةُ الْمُوجِبَةُ لِلرِّدَّةِ.

The first type, which invalidates and corrupts the creed, causes the person to become a disbeliever and an apostate from Islam; it is termed a nullifier or a corrupter. The nullifiers of Islam are therefore the verbal and practical matters that necessitate apostasy.

وَالنَّاقِضُ يَكُونُ قَوْلًا، وَيَكُونُ عَمَلًا، وَيَكُونُ اعْتِقَادًا، وَيَكُونُ شَكًّا، فَقَدْ يَرْتَدُّ الْإِنْسَانُ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ بِقَوْلٍ يَقُولُهُ، أَوْ بِعَمَلٍ يَعْمَلُهُ، أَوْ بِاعْتِقَادٍ يَعْتَقِدُهُ، أَوْ بِشَكٍّ يَطْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ فَهَذِهِ أُمُورٌ أَرْبَعَةٌ كُلُّهَا يَأْتِي مِنْهَا النَّاقِضُ الَّذِي يَقْدَحُ فِي الْعَقِيدَةِ وَيُبْطِلُهَا، وَقَدْ ذَكَرَهُ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي كُتُبِهِمْ وَسَمَّوْهُ بَابَ حُكْمِ الْمُرْتَدِّ وَهُوَ: الَّذِي يَكْفُرُ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ.

A nullifier may take the form of a statement, an action, a belief, or a doubt. A person may apostatize through something they say, do, believe, or a doubt they harbor. These four categories all contain nullifiers that strike at the creed and invalidate it. Scholars have addressed this in their books under the chapter titled 'The Ruling on the Apostate,' referring to one who disbelieves after having embraced Islam.

Vocabulary · المفردات (20 verbs · 27 nouns)

• رَحِمَ — to have mercy
• عَلِمَ — to know
• قَدَحَ — to disparage
• نَقَضَ — to invalidate
• وَجَبَ — to be necessary
• بَيَّنَ — to clarify
• أَبْطَلَ — to nullify
• كَانَ — to be
• نَقَصَ — to diminish
• أَضْعَفَ — to weaken
• أَفْسَدَ — to corrupt
• سَمَّى — to name
• قَالَ — to say
• عَمِلَ — to do
• اِعْتَقَدَ — to believe
• طَرَأَ — to occur
• أَتَى — to come
• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• كَفَرَ — to disbelieve
• اِرْتَدَّ — to apostatize
• سَبِيل — path
• سَلَام — peace
• شَرْح — explanation
• نَاقِض — nullifier
• إِسْلَام — Islam
• إِمَام — imam
• عَشَرَة — ten
• عَقِيدَة — creed
• قَادِحَة — disparagement
• قِسْم — part
• صَاحِب — owner
• كَافِر — disbeliever
• مُرْتَدّ — apostate
• مُفْسِد — corrupter
• أَمْر — matter
• رِدَّة — apostasy
• قَوْل — saying
• عَمَل — deed
• اعْتِقَاد — belief
• شَكّ — doubt
• إِنْسَان — human
• أَرْبَعَة — four
• أَهْل — people
• عِلْم — knowledge
• كِتَاب — book
• بَاب — chapter
• حُكْم — ruling